Dear Mr. Premack: I’ve started to receive some information about the election on November 8. There are ten proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. What are the amendments and what will be their impact? Thank you. – H.S. Early voting is now underway, and is open until November 4. The general election is on November 8, and there are indeed ten constitutional amendments on the ballot. Also, depending on which district in which you live, you may be voting on the SA Rive

Dear Mr. Premack: My father had a will from 1984 that named me, his only daughter, as executor. He remarried later that year, but never changed the will. He died in December 2008 and his wife probated his 1984 will as a muniment of title. My question/concern is that Texas allowed this to occur without any notification to me, the named executor. Is this still the standard practice? It seems to me that Texas has a disregard for the Last Will and a person’s last wishes. He had 2

Dear Mr. Premack: I just recently found out that my uncle passed away in 2006. If he had a Will or anything of an estate, why would the State of Texas not have notified his next of kin? He was my dad’s oldest brother. If there was a Will is there anyway me or my siblings get to see a copy of the Will? – RSM The Texas probate system is not set up with the state as an active participant; it all happens on the county level. When a Will is offered for probate, the county probate