This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on March 30, 2017. Dear Mr. Premack: My father passed way in Bell County, Texas intestate August 2003. I am his child from his first marriage, and had two children from his second marriage. Three years after he died, his second wife filed and Affidavit of Heirship. It lists all three children, but does not show me as being a child from his first marriage. There have not been any court proceedings, so last month I file

Dear Mr. Premack: My husband passed away in late 2008. The deed of the house only has his name on it. He had no Will and nothing went thru probate. How do I change the deed into my name? – PM He died intestate, so Texas law determines the identity of his heirs. If he dies without a Will, then under Texas law as his widow you only get the house if he had no children or if all his children are also your children. If he has any children from a prior marriage, then they (not you)