Survivorship Rights Q&A
from Paul Premack, Probate and Estate Planning

Dear Mr. Premack: My sister and I have a question about a bank account that belonged to our father, who died about two months ago. All of...

Does having a Community Property Survivorship Agreement (CPSA) really avoid probate? Does it have to go before a Judge when one of us dies?

Will POD account be upheld against challenge?

Survivorship & Lady Bird Deed must be Coordinated

How to pass title to new house without probate

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Texas Hearst Newspapers on September 7, 2018. When a person dies,...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Texas Hearst Newspapers on August 24, 2018. You have already hired...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on March 23, 2018. Your mother fell victim to incomplete knowledge of the law...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on August 28, 2017. Last week I wrote about new laws that are coming into...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on June 23, 2017. In fact, your parents wanted exactly what the lawyer wrote:...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on August 15, 2016. There are a number of items that must be defined before...

This column first appeared in the Express-News on March 3, 2016. The best way to control the disposition of your assets is to declare...

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on February 10, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: A couple of years ago my friend put me...

This column first appeared on the MySA Express-News website on December 24, 2014. View this column as a “Sway” presentation Dear Mr....

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on November 1, 2014 Dear Mr. Premack: I have been living with my significant...

Dear Mr. Premack: I am young and am just starting. But I have a good job. I got married last year. We are buying a new car, are...

Original Publication: San Antonio Express-News, June 3, 2014 Dear Mr. Premack: I have read your past columns about Community Property...

Dear Mr. Premack: My brother has just inherited a variety of investments (all in a brokerage account) from our uncle. The brokerage...

Dear Mr. Premack: My partner and I moved to Texas a few years ago. Unlike some other states, we know that we cannot be legally married...

Dear Mr. Premack: I am recently widowed and have just finished probating my husband’s Will. I understand that I am the owner of all our...

Dear Mr. Premack: I am thinking about making my Will. I know that when I die, I want some of my money to go to my two daughters, and some...

Dear Mr. Premack: All of the funds in my mother’s estate passed as non-testamentary POD bank accounts and IRA accounts to named...

Dear Mr. Premack: My husband and I own our home, have some savings and a few investments. We were told by an insurance man that probate...

When a spouse dies, “probate” of a community survivorship agreement is not necessary.