How does Divorce effect Estate Planning and Inheritance?
Texas Estates Code: any pay on death arrangement ends upon divorce, annulment, or voiding of the marriage.
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Paul Premack
- Feb 2
65 or older? Vote by Mail has new legal requirements
65 or older? Vote by Mail has new legal requirements
Paul Premack
- Jan 19
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions increase for 2022
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions increase for 2022
Paul Premack
- Jan 4
Can a Trust Protect Son’s Inheritance?
Your goal to protect your son would be enhanced by using a well drafted Trust.
Paul Premack
- Jan 3
New 2022 Law: Protection from Surprise Medical Bills
About a year ago, I posted a column about a new law that bans surprise medical bills. That new law took effect this week (January 2022).
Paul Premack
- Nov 29, 2021
2022 Texas Medicaid Income and Asset Limits
2022 Texas Medicaid Income Limits and Assets Limits
Paul Premack
- Nov 12, 2021
Why is the bank telling me to get Letters Testamentary?
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...
Paul Premack
- Oct 5, 2021
I want a cheap and easy Will
Most states, Texas and Washington included, allow two types of "Last Will and Testament", each with its own technicalities.
Paul Premack
- Oct 2, 2021
What are the Proposed Amendments to the Texas Constitution?
What are the Proposed Amendments to the Texas Constitution?
Paul Premack
- Sep 27, 2021
Can I make an Electronic Will?
“Uniform Electronic Wills Act” has been adopted in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah, and Washington. Texas has no electronic Wills law.
Paul Premack
- Sep 20, 2021
Pros and Cons of a Living Trust
We would like to avoid probate using a Revocable Living Trust. Can you run through the pros- and cons- of that type of estate planning?
Paul Premack
- Aug 31, 2021
Rights, Consequences, Covid, and Estate Planning
Dear Mr. Premack: My brother has unexpectedly died of Covid. He was just 61 years old and refused the vaccine. He never married or had...
Paul Premack
- Aug 2, 2021
Converting Community Property into Separate Property
The Texas Family Code allows spouses, in a written partition agreement signed by both, to convert community in separate property.
Paul Premack
- Jul 27, 2021
Probating Will Proves Property Ownership
One part of Probate is the process of "proving" that a Will is valid. Another part is distributing the assets to the intended heirs.
Paul Premack
- Jul 14, 2021
Covid Passports Banned in Texas
by Paul Premack, JD, CELA The Texas Legislature passed SB 968, and the Governor signing it into law on June 16, 2021. It went into effect...
