This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Texas Hearst newspapers on August 10, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: My boyfriend was married, but his wife died 8 years ago. He still lives in the house they had together. She did not have a Will, but she did have three adult children from before they got married. Now her kids want him to sell the house so they can get the money from their mother’s half. My boyfriend has been paying the taxes every year. It is not

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on May 11, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: I want to help my family. We have never had anyone divorce in our family. Then my son’s wife divorced my son. She kept their two young children. I get along with the grandchildren just fine. It’s bad because the ex-daughter in law is causing trouble. It gets worse because my son just died. And worse, he had no Will. There is a small estate. I do see from this mess that my wife and I

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on October 9, 2017. an issue was raised by reader L.T. She and her husband owned a house. He died intestate in the late 1980s. She wants to leave the house to her new second husband, but because of the intestacy law the first husband’s half of the house is owned by their children who are uncooperative. The remedy discussed last week was to file the Will for Probate as a Muniment of Title, but there were several possib