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…
A small estate affidavit is a legal document that can be used to transfer property to heirs without a formal probate. Not all estates qualify for small…
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…
What is an Executor? An executor, sometimes called a”personal representative,” is a person or entity a testator appoints in a Will…
When someone dies owning real estate, that property cannot be sold or transferred until the decedent’s name is removed from the title. Probate records become a link in…
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…