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Dear Mr. Premack: I’ve had a friend for 50 years who is now elderly. She has a Durable Power of Attorney (with Trust Powers and Health...
Paul Premack
- Feb 25, 2011
Why You Should Avoid Unlicensed Legal Form Websites
Last week’s column closed with a reference to obtaining legal documents from online websites. I said, “Online sites that offer these...
Paul Premack
- Feb 18, 2011
When you move States, Update your Will
Dear Mr. Premack: My Will was prepared in Indiana but I am now a Texas resident. Is the will still valid? – RLW Your Indiana Will is...
Paul Premack
- Feb 8, 2011
How do Mortgage and Medicaid affect plan to gift house?
Dear Mr. Premack: My mother, a healthy widow in her early 70’s, is retiring to a house she recently built. She will sell her current home...
Paul Premack
- Jan 28, 2011
Who pays property taxes: the second-wife or the decedent’s children?
Dear Mr. Premack: My grandfather got married, and then passed away only two months later. His Will left the house to my dad and his...
Paul Premack
- Jan 21, 2011
How do I get the house when my husband died without a Will?
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...
Paul Premack
- Jan 21, 2011
How long does Power of Attorney continue?
Dear Mr. Premack: I was handling a sale transaction for land as Agent under a durable power of attorney. The land-owner (for whom I am...
Paul Premack
- Jan 14, 2011
Millions in Land Calls for Careful Estate Tax Plan
Dear Mr. Premack: My wife and I own several pieces of real estate worth several million. If we convert each to community property, and...
Paul Premack
- Jan 7, 2011
Can daughter control visits to ill mother from other kids?
Dear Mr. Premack: My mom is under hospice care, my older sister is the POA and my mom is in my sister’s home. My sister is being as...
Paul Premack
- Dec 31, 2010
Changing Legal Documents Requires Specific Formalities
Dear Mr. Premack: My wife just had her name changed in Tarrant County. We both have living wills with medical attachments, etc. Can we...
Paul Premack
- Dec 24, 2010
Estate and Gift Tax Bill Clears Congress, Signed by President
On December 16, 2010, the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010” was passed by the Senate and...
Paul Premack
- Dec 17, 2010
If sold, does value of inherited life estate stay with spouse?
Dear Mr. Premack: I have a question about the actual meaning of the law dealing with separate property of a deceased person and the...
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