Medical Powers of Attorney and Directives
As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, estate planning is likely the last thing on their mind. Thanksgiving is a time to focus on the things…
FAQs About Wills
I have written before that making a will is not a something you do just once in your life. Your will is something that should change as…
Planning for Special Circumstances
When I was a girl, my mother enjoyed needlework. She would painstakingly sew for hours, crafting beautiful pieces like the one in the image above. My…
Wacky Wills
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these…
Choosing a Guardian
When appointing a guardian for a child, the court will consider what is in the child’s best interest. According to the Texas Estates Code, certain people are…
When Texans draft wills and name beneficiaries, they expect that the beneficiaries they have named will outlive them. But that is not always the case. Sometimes…
Newsworthy
When I opened my virtual doors a year and a half ago, very few lawyers operated in the virtual realm. But the virtual law practice model…
FAQs About Trusts
A couple of weeks ago, I explained that probate recently got more private in Texas. In the past an estate’s representative was required to file an…
Parents often go to great lengths to make sure they treat their children equally, not only during their lifetime but also by leaving them an equal share…
FAQs About Probate, FAQs About Wills
One factor that often motivates people to choose revocable trust-based plans as opposed to will-based plans is the privacy trusts afford. Assets within a trust pass…