A durable power of attorney allows you to choose a person you trust to handle your financial affairs if you become incapacitated and can’t handle them…
I have written before that a move to another state can trigger a need to update your will. It’s not necessarily because the move invalidates the…
Someone contacted me last week inquiring whether a Will is valid in Texas if it is not dated. Apparently, the individual’s father-in-law died leaving a short…
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…
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…
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…
Parents often go to great lengths to make sure they treat their children equally, not only during their lifetime, but also by leaving them an equal…
One factor that often motivates people to choose revocable trust-based plans as opposed to will-based plans is the privacy trusts afford. Assets within a trust pass…