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Can a Guilty Plea Can Disqualify You as Executor in Texas Probate Administration?
What Your Probate Settlement Agreement Doesn’t Say Matters as Much as What It Does
Notice of Probate When the Will References a Person But Doesn’t Leave Them Property?
A Common Probate Challenge: Voiding Real Estate Deeds Based on Mental Incapacity
Can an Executor Sell Property They Own Joinly With the Estate?
What Secured Creditors Lose When They Miss the 90-Day Deadline in Dependent Administrations
Can You Remove a Trust Dispute from Probate Court to the New Texas Business Court?
Estate Plans Trump Partition Laws in Texas Probate Cases
Is a Brokerage Account Form that is Altered to add a “Survivorship” Designation Valid?
Surviving Spouse Claims Interest in Husband’s Family Business
Is a Signature on Page Attached to a Will Valid?
Attorneys Fees for Will Contests: The Good Faith Requirement
Terms in Will for Older Trusts Controlled, Property did not Pass to Newer Trusts
When Can Probate Litigation be Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Laws?
Probate Litigation Turns Loan Into Free Use of Loan Proceeds and Decades of Free Housing
Texas Will Construction: When “For Her Natural Life” Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Do Subsidiary Bequests Include Parent Entity Ownership of the Same Sub?
The Partition Action is a Remedy to Request in Probate Administrations, Not a Right
When Wills Disappear: The Presumption of Revocation in Texas
Executor’s Power to Sell Trumps Partition Action for Heirs’ Property
When False Testimony About Parentage Derails Texas Estate Distribution
When Texas Real Estate Passes Outside of Probate
Choice-of-Law Provisions in Trusts are Not Just Boilerplate
Are Inherited Retirement Plans Distributed per Texas Law or ERISA?
Contesting a Will After Filing a Waiver in the Probate
When Half-Sibling DNA Testing Establishes Texas Inheritance Rights
Can a Guardian of a Minor Extend Control Beyond the Ward’s 18th Birthday?
Nursing Home Negligence Cases: The Importance of Expert Reports
When Heirs Want to Partition but Executors Want to Sell
When Can Heirs File Suit on Behalf of a Texas Estate?
Guardian Ad Litem Fees in Texas Guardianship Proceedings
Enforcing Family Business Settlements After a Partner’s Death
Wandering and Resident-on-Resident Altercations in Texas Nursing Homes
What if You Die Before the Divorce is Final?
Proving Up a Lost Will in Texas Probate Court
Most Probate Court Orders Are Not Immediately Appealable
Will Cannot Be Probated Before Trial on the Will Contest
Joint Account Alone Does not Disqualify Executor in Texas Probate
When are Sanctions Levied Towards Attorneys Applicable During Court?
Examining the Finality of Probate Court Orders in Texas
Examining Executor Authority in Texas Will Contests
Examining Attorney Fee Awards in Texas Probate Proceedings
Navigating the Complexities of Co-Guardianship Arrangements
Late Probate of Wills in Texas: When Does the Clock Start Running on Your Duty to Act?
Can an Unsigned Handwritten Document Count as a Will?
Does Filing a Motion Count as a Will Contest in Texas?
When Is a No-Contest Clause Enforced in Texas?
Guardianship Doesn’t End When the Ward Dies
Retirement Plan Terms Can Trump State Probate Laws
How Involved Do You Have to Be in a Texas Guardianship to Challenge It Later?
The Role of the “Fiduciary Duty” in Probate Disputes
When a Bank Forecloses on a Dead Person’s Property
Can You Revoke a Joint Lady Bird Deed?
When an Uncle Marries a Niece: Can the Niece Inherit as a Surviving Spouse?
Complications When Minor Children Born Outside of Marriage Inherit
Contracts Entered Into by a Person Who Lacks Mental Capacity
Evicting a Beneficiary from Probate Property
About Court Sanctions in Texas Probate Cases
Texas Probates & Property Purchased in Another Person’s Name
Common Law Marriage & the Race to the Courthouse When the First Spouse Dies
Holographic Wills in Texas & Tips for Handwritten Wills
Can a Bank Foreclose on an Inherited Property?
Proving a Forged Will in Texas: What Evidence Do You Actually Need?
When Can an Executor Be Removed for Conflicts of Interest?
Can a Sibling Be Appointed Guardian Over the Wishes of the Sibling’s Spouse?
Probate Disputes Can Result from Ambiguous Language in Deeds
Will Contests and Attorney’s Fees in Texas: Who Pays When?
Beyond Words: Unintended Consequences of Ambiguous Residuary Clauses
Revoking a Joint Ladybird Deed
What Happens to a Personal Guarantee When a Business Owner Dies?
How Does Probate Work in Texas? Understanding the Process from Start to Finish
Can Family Feuds Stop You From Being an Executor?
Probate Court Reversed for Insufficient Notice of Hearing
Executor Cannot Resign Without Notice & Consent of Will Distributees
How to Challenge the Validity of Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations
Case Study: Accessing a Bank Account
What Happens if a Will is Declared Invalid?
Dealing With a Fraudulent Durable Power of Attorney
Inheritance with No Will in Texas
The Presumption Against Intestacy in Texas: Courts Assume You Meant to Dispose of All Your Property
Understanding Texas Probate Law: An Overview of Patrick v. Patrick
Forced Heirship in Texas Probates
Informal Marriage and Intestate Succession in Texas
Will vs. Estate Planning: What’s the Difference?
Probate Mediation in Texas: When Should Families Try to Settle Estate Disputes Outside Court?
Case Study: Contesting a Will in Texas Probate Law
Legal Challenges of an Aging Parent with Dementia in Texas
Hiring an Estate Planning Lawyer in El Paso
Probating an Estate Without a Will in Texas: A Case Study
Proving Testamentary Capacity in Texas: What Evidence Actually Matters on the Day the Will Was Signed?
Navigating Probate Law and Will Validity: A Case Study
Case Study on Texas Probate Law: When an Estate Is without a Will
Overlooked Exceptions to Attorney-Client Privilege in Texas Probate Law
Challenging a Will in Texas: A Case Study
Texas Guardianships: What Evidence Shows Someone Is Mismanaging an Incapacitated Person’s Money?
Guardianship and the Nursing Home: Understanding Your Options in Texas
The Complexities of Texas Probate: Navigating the Paradox of Deceased Borrowers for Mortgage Lenders
Texas Probate Law: A Case Study on the Distribution of a Deceased Estate
Navigating Joint Power of Attorney in Texas Probate Law
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Texas Probate

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