This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on September 27, 2016. In these limited circumstances, people need to call on their state’s Surrogate Consent Statute. Our book Thinking Beyond Tomorrow, discusses among many other issues, Advance Directives and Surrogate Consent Statutes. Here is an except that answers your question: As of 2014, most state legislatures have adopted a Default Surrogate Consent Statute to control who can provide informed consent for an

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on September 23, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: This week I received a letter from the Bexar Appraisal District. It looks like a form letter that went out to lots of people, and says I need to reapply for my homestead and over-65 exemptions or I will lose them. It also tells me that if an owner shown on the District’s list is no longer living, I must provide a copy of the death certificate and probated Will or an Affidavit o

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on August 29, 2016. The case in federal court was filed against Texas by a large group of plaintiffs, including the United States of America, the Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund, the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches, and many other organizations and individuals. They alleged that the Voter ID law (SB 14) passed by the Texas L