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Homestead Tax Exemption - 1989
Durable Power of Attorney - 1989
Declaration of Guardian - 1989
Business Structures for Self Employed - 1991
Estate Planning & Divorce - 1993
Reverse Loss of Legal Rights? - 1994
Effect of Gifts to Spouse on Estate Taxes
Transfer of Assets to Get Medicaid becomes a Crime
Refusing Resuscitation is Legal
Repeal Medicaid Criminalization Law
Do mid-size estates always avoid probate?
New Medical Advance Directives Act
Community Property Creation Agreement
Options to Qualify for Medicaid
Guardianship: Options & Process
Legal Control of Obsessive Hoarder?
Affidavit of Heirship & Probate
Difference Between Trust & Will
Pretermitted Child or Grandchild
Prescription Medication Imports
Can Brother Keep Survivorship Funds?
Is Your Credit Shelter Obsolete?
Can Illegitimate Child Inherit?
Primary Health Ins - Before v After Retirement
Will Dominates over Instestacy Laws
Taxes on a Survivorship Account
Very Old Will and Power of Attorney
Statute of Limitations, Will Contest
Residential Construction Commission
Life Insurance for Young Families
Can Homestead be Lost over Credit Card Debt?
Spousal Liability - and - Probate Issues
Living Trust and Quitclaim Deed
Costs of Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Medicare - Marketing, Discounts, Costs
Medicare Part B Premium Surtax
Social Security Protection Act
Natural Child vs Second Spouse
Medicaid Estate Recovery Hearings
Appointment of Different Executor
Finding a Lawyer -&- Adverse Possession
Physical Disability & Signing Documents
Social Security for Household Employee
Letter to Atty Does Not Change Will
Deducting Long Term Care Expenses
Reverse Mortgage may affect Public Benefits
Homestead Exemption in Living Trust
Replace 10 yr old Medical Directives
Oregon Assisted Suicide Upheld
Survivorship Rights are NOT Automatic
Survivorship Rights are NOT Automatic, Part II
Custody of Grandchild & IRS Pub 1457
Update: Medicaid Estate Recovery Program
Mail Delivery, Guardian's Role
Where to Store Legal Documents
Life Insurance Beneficiary -&- Statute of Limitations
Will Inheritance Tax be Revived?
Mail Delivery, Guardian's Role
Tax on Social Security Earnings
New Case on Grandparent Rights
Schiavo Case Viewed Thru Texas Lens
Can Spouse Change other's Will?
Validity of Will - Many Factors
Co-Executors -&- Miller Trusts
Bank as Executor -&- Delay in Probate
Sale of Home by One Spouse Only
Using Software or Form for Will
Inheritance Rights in Adoption Changing
Retirement Benefits as Community Property
Medicaid Proposals would Harm Elderly
Will Collection be Taxed at my Death?
Inheritance by "Missing Person"
Assisted Suicide before Supreme Court
Controlling who Makes Your Decisions
Will Controls Inheritance -&- Funding Bypass Trust
Gifting, Expanded Charitable Deduction
Liability for Nursing Home Bill
Punitive Changes to Medicaid Rules
Force Waiver of Advance Directive
Protecting Spouse in 2d Marriage
Grandparent Rights are Limited
Right to Make Will & Choose Heirs
Medicaid Restrictions, Personal Service Contracts
Using MPA with Alzheimer's Patient
FDIC Improves Insurance Coverage
Passing Title to Mineral Interests
Separate Property -&- Dangerous Driving
Medicaid: Proof of Citizenship Status
Living Trust: Homestead Tax Break
Disclaiming a Survivorship Account
Holographic Wills - and - Free Wills Clinic
Must Children Support Aging Parents?
Medicaid Lookback - and- Durable Power of Attorney
Surviving Spouse Homestead Rights
Medicaid and Homestead Protection
Medicare Part B Premium Surcharge
Voting for Seniors and Disable Persons
"Foreign" Living Trust needs Modifications
Creating an efficient Texas Will
Size of Estate when Pondering Trust
Charitable Gifts from IRA Accounts
The "Marital Deduction" in Estate Tax
Power of Attorney Ends on Death
Living Trust & Separate Property Issues
Resolve to Update Legal Documents
Locating the Will and other Legal Docs
Who can File Will for Probate?
Medicaid "Deeming" of Resources
Planning for Alzheimer's Legal Challenges
Homestead: Separate or Community?
Step-up in Basis -and- Intestacy
Springing Durable Power of Attorney
Keeping Relatives at Arm's Length
Who Do I Trust re Medical Decisions?
Is a hurried Will any less Valid?
Divorce Can Change Will's Devisees
Overcoming the Statute of Limitations on Probate
Creating a Trust for Someone Else
Legislature Changes Probate Laws
Paying Decedent's Debts -&- US Savings Bonds
How Does Probate Work? (Part 1)
Intestacy Laws make no Gender Distinctions
Trust can Limit In-Law Influence
Reverse Mortgage Very Expensive
Cancellation of Life Estate & Annuities in Trust
Conservation Easement Preserves Land
Survivorship Rights Upheld by Court
Keeping Control with Person of Choice
Limits on Probate and Executor
Keeping Estate from Deadbeat Son-in-Law
Funeral Director Advice on Probate is Wrong
Heirship Errors and Bank Errors
Life Insurance Beneficiary after Divorce
How does Medicaid handle Mineral Royalties?
Wording in Will Does Not Eliminate Probate
Am I Liable for Dad's Medical Bills?
Does Deeding Home Help for Medicaid?
Directive to Physicians: Interference & Backup
Converting Separate into Community Property
Devisee Can Find Out What Will Says
Protecting Account from Joint-holder's Liabilities
Account Setup: Convenience-Survivorship
Limits on Probate as Muniment of Title
Survivorship in Community vs. Separate Property
Trustee's Fees -&- Joint Home Ownership
Probate Notices -&- Retention of Finished Probate Papers
Spendthrift Trust to Protect Heir
Can Credit Union Refuse a Legal Power of Attorney?
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