FAQs About Trusts
If you have life insurance, there is a good chance no benefits will ever be paid. An insurance settlement is contingent on you dying during the term…
FAQs About Powers of Attorney and Directives
Not too long ago, my book club read a highly acclaimed book titled “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” I couldn’t finish it. In…
FAQs About Wills
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I received a question from someone who wondered whether revoking a current will would revive a will that was signed previously. Unfortunately, I seem…
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…
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…