FAQs About Trusts
Last Christmas, the only thing on my older children’s Christmas list was a laptop computer. As they have gotten older, school assignments have increasingly required access to…
FAQs About Wills, Probating a Will
I received a email recently from someone asking whether a convicted felon can serve as an executor in Texas. The individual who contacted me had two…
FAQs About Wills
The Texas Estates Code provides that in order for a Will to be valid, the person making the Will must not only be of sound mind, but…
Newsworthy
When I started my law firm years ago, I was nervous. Petrified, actually. I had always worked for other attorneys before, so I never had to…
This month, I was honored to be included in Houstonia Magazine’s list of “Top Lawyers” for 2014! This is the second year in a…
Planning for Special Circumstances
Most obituaries are sterile. They provide basic information about the deceased person’s birth, death, and those they left behind, but are short…
A friend of mine who volunteers for hospice wondered out loud a couple of weeks ago: “Why is it that more people die around…
A friend of mine died this week. She wasn’t a close friend, but we had been members of the same group for many years, and saw each…
FAQs About Powers of Attorney and Directives
While standing in line at the grocery store a few days ago, the cover of People magazine caught my eye. It was a photograph of Brittany Maynard,…
FAQs About Dying Without A Will
I explained last week that an heir is a person who will inherit your property by virtue of a state’s intestacy laws if you die without…