Articles and guides to help you understand your options for protecting your family and your assets in Texas and North Carolina.
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 assets: probate assets and non-probate assets. Why
Barack Obama signed the Achieving a Better Life Experience “(ABLE”) Act into on December 19, 2014. The Act authorized the creation of ABLE Accounts, tax-advantaged savings accounts designed to help eligible individuals with disabilities maintain
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 file an application for probate. Who is an
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 that take advantage of the annual gift
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 example, a Texas Tribune article in 2019
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 the unthinkable happens. Naturally, we all want our
Last July, I stumbled upon an ancient Will while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. As an estate planning lawyer, I was delighted. The Will, written in hieratic script on papyrus, was made by Naunakhte, an
The part of estate planning that most parents struggle with is naming a guardian for their children. For some parents, the process of selecting a guardian is easy. They have close relationships with certain family
Generally, you can amend your durable power of attorney by signing a new durable power of attorney. You also have the right to revoke or terminate your durable power of attorney. But is it possible
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