FAQs About Wills
Per stirpes and per capita are commonly used terms in wills, trusts, and intestate distribution statutes to describe how a deceased person’s estate is to be…
Questions About Estate Tax
The short answer to the question is no. Before 1995, Texas collected a separate inheritance tax, called a “pick-up tax.” The tax did not increase the…
Planning for Special Circumstances
A few years ago, I read an article that reminded me of the extraordinary lengths parents will go to protect and provide for their children. It…
FAQs About Trusts
Whether a Settlor, the person who creates a trust, can revoke or modify it depends on if the trust is irrevocable or revocable. According to Section 112.051…
NB: Rocket Lawyer Press invited me to contribute another guest post on an estate planning issue. Below is an excerpt of the article I wrote, as well…
How Property Distributed When Someone Dies Without A Will
If you are a parent of an adopted child in Texas and you die without a will, your adopted child will be entitled to the same inheritance…
FAQs About Trusts, Questions About Estate Tax
Before this year, bypass trusts were necessary to preserve a deceased spouse’s federal estate tax exemption. This is no longer the case. Under the new estate…
NB: This article was published on January 10, 2011 and contains information that may be outdated. For current information regarding the estate tax, read: Estate Tax Certainty…For Now.
Whether it’s doing the laundry, cleaning out the garage, or getting that long overdue check-up, all of us face tasks each week that we dread. We…
I’m delighted to welcome my friend and colleague, Candice Aiston, an Oregon estate planning attorney, as a guest blogger today and appreciate her willingness…