This answer first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on March 30, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: My mom and dad both had Wills, leaving their home to all ten children. My mom died in 2015 and my dad died in 2017. Both were on Medicaid and MERP had a claim against the property by the time may dad passed away. We submitted all required paperwork to claim an exemption due to my brother's disability. MERP withdraw the claim based on the exemption. We know that we should Probate da

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on March 30, 2018. Your father died with a Will. The Will should, if properly written, nominate an Executor to handle the estate. The Will should, if properly written, allow the Executor discretion to sell any real estate so long as the net proceeds are used to fulfill the terms of the Will. The Executor is not restricted by MERP, since MERP has dropped its claim against the estate. MERP does not file any type of lien

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on March 23, 2018. Your mother fell victim to incomplete knowledge of the law and to bad advice from someone whose words did not mean what she thought they meant. The situation is that the Bexar Appraisal office, along with all of the county appraisal offices around Texas, are legally charged with setting the value of various properties so that the taxing entities (like the County, the City, and the School District) c