Estate Planning, Planning for Special Circumstances
My children asked me yesterday how many times in my life the world has dealt with a pandemic like COVID-19. I couldn’t think of any other. COVID-19…
Odds and Ends
My husband and I disconnected our home phone number recently. We both have cell phones, and it seemed like the only calls we received were sales calls…
FAQs About Dying Without A Will, Intestacy
When an unmarried person dies without a Will in Texas, the Texas Intestacy Statutes control how their property will be distributed. The intestacy statutes are the…
I heard about “laughing heirs” for the first time during my Wills, Trusts, and Estates class in law school. A laughing heir is an heir of an estate…
Medicaid is a means-tested benefit that provides health insurance for Americans with limited financial resources and income. To be eligible for Medicaid coverage, applicants can have no…
FAQs About Probate, Probate
His dad had been sick and weak. He didn’t even have the strength to write his own name. Nevertheless, after his father died, his stepmother produced a…
Common Estate Planning Mistakes, Estate Planning, Planning for Special Circumstances
Rania Combs discusses how the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) may require changes to your estate plan.
One of my favorite poems is one Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about success. Although many in our world define success by how much money one earns, the…
Choosing a Guardian, Estate Planning
The issue that drives most parents to engage in estate planning is appointing a guardian for their children. Texas gives parents to right to appoint a…
Estate Planning, The Texas Transfer on Death Deed
Suppose you signed and recorded a Texas Transfer on Death Deed naming your girlfriend as the beneficiary of your house. You had been together for several years…