Heirs can use a small estate affidavit to transfer property without a formal probate only in situations when: The deceased person died without a Will; At least 30…
A person who dies typically has two classes of assets: probate assets and non-probate assets. Probate assets are property titled in the deceased person’s name. For example, if…
An Affidavit of Heirship is not a formal adjudication like probate is. Rather, it is an affidavit that summarizes the deceased person’s family history and the identity…
When a person dies and probate is necessary, a court will appoint a personal representative to oversee the winding up of the decedent’s affairs. Executors and administrators…
What is an Executor? An executor, sometimes called a”personal representative,” is a person or entity a testator appoints in a Will…
His dad had been sick and weak. He didn’t even have the strength to write his own name. Nevertheless, after his father died, his stepmother produced a…
John and Jane Doe didn’t always live in Texas. Earlier in their marriage, they lived in another state, where John purchased a house the couple lived in…
A man who was named independent executor in a Will called me. Someone told him that as the independent executor, he had the right to distribute Testator…