Dear Mr. Premack: My parents had Wills with each being the beneficiary of the other. They were drafted in Bexar County where they lived. The wills stated that when they pass, the estate is left to my sister and me. I was named the executrix for each (without bond). Mother died last year, and our father resides in a nursing home. He is 91 and unable to make decisions and we have a notarized doctor’s statement to that effect. My sister was granted the authority to make his medi

Dear Mr. Premack: How do I go about being granted power of attorney for my mother who has been missing now for 2 years? She was in fact married but the husband is not in the picture. I am paying on her mortgage and bills but if at any point I can no longer do that, I need to be able to sell her house. – MR You cannot get power of attorney, since it must be voluntarily granted (and signed) by your mother. She cannot do that, because she is missing. How is it that she has disap

Dear Mr. Premack: My stepfather died and was buried on authority of his son in a regular cemetery. My mother (his second wife) knows that he wanted to be buried in a veteran’s cemetery, not where his son put him. His son refuses to let my mother move the remains to a veteran’s cemetery. Is there anything she can do? TJH To address your question, we have to inspect laws in the Texas Probate Code, the Texas Health & Safety Code, and documents your father may have made under Tex