Dear Mr. Premack: I have a mortgage on a house in San Antonio where my mother lives. I’m her only daughter and am not currently living in that house. She makes the loan and tax payments. How can I add my mother, who is 69, to the deed so we can apply for the 65+ and homestead exemptions? – CR Dear Mr. Premack: My husband and I are joint owners of our house, with a mortgage, in both of our names. He passed away last October with a simple Will leaving everything to me. We have

Dear Mr. Premack: In 2003 our mother signed a notarized quitclaim deed of her Texas real property (which was in her name only) to her surviving three grown children. This was a quitclaim form that she filled in by hand. She has no debts or other property to probate. The deed was never filed, and now she has died. Our questions are: 1. Can we file it at the courthouse now? 2. Since the deed was not witnessed and was not signed by the grantees, is it legally valid? 3. What othe

One sure-fire legal cure: you would start a guardianship over your mother and let a judge decide who should take control.