FAQs About Probate
It is necessary to probate a Will in Texas when the estate includes assets titled in the decedent’s name. A person who dies typically has two classes of…
FAQs About Wills
Handwritten changes a Testator makes before signing a typewritten Will are valid; however, handwritten changes made after signing a Will be disregarded unless the Testator observes all the…
Estate Planning, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
Cybercriminals are using AI to mimic the voices of our family members. Learn how to protect yourself from voice-cloning scams.
Uncategorized
A Miller Trust, or qualified income trust, is an irrevocable trust that allows individuals qualify for Medicaid long-term care services, such as nursing home care, when they earn…
Probating a Will
Usually, a person a testator nominates as executor in a Will applies for probate, but not always. The Texas Estates Code provides that any interested person can…
A holographic Will is a handwritten Will. And there have been some strange ones. For example, can you imagine writing your will on your bedroom wall? How…
An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, or “ILIT” is an irrevocable trust that own life insurance. Historically, Americans have used ILITs as a vehicle to make gifts to beneficiaries…
FAQs About Powers of Attorney and Directives, Incapacity
Most of the time, Directive to Physicians are signed by patients who do not want their lives prolonged by life-sustaining treatments; however, sometimes the situation is reversed. For…
Choosing a Guardian
The thing that drives most young parents to plan to make a will is not their stuff, but who will take care of our minor children if…
Uncategorized, Wacky Wills, Wills
Last July, I stumbled upon an ancient Will while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. As an estate planning lawyer, I was delighted. Will of Naunakhte The Will, written…