Dear Mr. Premack: I am a Texas resident, and my sister lives in North Carolina. Our dad passed away March of 2011 and his Will names my sister as Executor. She has some health issues, and so far nothing has been done by her. My questions are: 1- Is there a time limit for probating a Will? 2- What effect does her living out of state have? 3- What is the cost and who pays the cost? 4- Our mom also passed away in October of 2012. Mom had no Will. What do we do with their propert

Dear Mr. Premack: My father is 86 and has become a terrible, frightening driver. I won’t get in a car with him and have told my mother that she’s taking her life in her own hands if she lets him drive. But she has always deferred to him and just doesn’t have it in her heart to make him stop driving. When I tell him that he is going to get into an accident, he gets angry and tells me that driving is his legal right. What steps can I take to get him to stop driving? Can I be su

Dear Mr. Premack: Years ago my husband inherited ranch land from his parents, when it had very little monetary value. My husband died this year and left the land to me. I have no desire to keep the land. My two daughters also have no interest in the land. I listed it for sale and are about to receive $1.5 million in the sale. I have three questions. Will I lose a portion of the money to taxes? If I give some of the money to my daughters, will they have to pay taxes? How do I