Dear Mr. Premack: My husband and I are in our second marriages. He has children from his first wife, and he made a will leaving everything to them. He was in the process of changing the will to leave everything to me when he died rather suddenly in June 2012. His old will still applies, and it names my step-son (who is an attorney in Austin) as Executor. Almost all our finances had right of survivorship to me, so the house is really the only thing available to probate in the

Dear Mr. Premack: About fifty years ago, my husband and I had reciprocal wills drawn up. About fifteen years ago, my husband received an inheritance and started making remarks about leaving his inherited property to his nephew. I have children from a previous marriage who were legally adopted by my husband, and I also have some inherited property. I want to be sure my children will inherit from me and not my husband’s nephew. To do that, I had a will drawn up leaving all of m

Dear Mr. Premack: My parents own a paid-for house, and I live in it. Dad moved to a nursing home on Medicaid due to his dementia. Mom made a Will leaving the house to me, and Dad does not have a Will at all. My sister is agent under his power of attorney. Mom died recently. Will I lose the house since Dad is on Medicaid? Can he make a Will in his condition? – O.M.P. Where to begin? First, you need to realize that your mother’s Will controls only the assets that she owns. Sinc