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How can wife legally re-inter husband at a different cemetery?
Dear Mr. Premack: My stepfather died and was buried on authority of his son in a regular cemetery. My mother (his second wife) knows that...
Paul Premack
Oct 22, 2010
Pros- and Cons- of Estate Planning Techniques
Dear Mr. Premack: My wife and I have our only child listed as beneficiary or pay on death on all our CD’s, money market accounts,...
Paul Premack
Oct 15, 2010
Bequest to Minor Granddaughter Requires Legal Controls in Will
Dear Mr. Premack: I had a lawyer write a Will for me last year, but I never signed it. Can I sign it now even if the date on the Will...
Paul Premack
Oct 8, 2010
Stepmother Cannot Change Her Deceased Husband’s Will
Dear Mr. Premack: My father passed away last July, naming my cousin as the executor of his Will. When my stepmother returned to Texas,...
Paul Premack
Oct 1, 2010
Power of Attorney Does not Grant Right to Access Trust
Dear Mr. Premack: My mother signed a living trust agreement about ten years ago. She also signed a durable power of attorney. I am the...
Paul Premack
Sep 20, 2010
Foreign Wills can be Probated in Texas
Dear Mr. Premack: The deceased was a resident of South Dakota, and owned property in there and in Texas. The will was probated in South...
Paul Premack
Sep 17, 2010
Do not Capitulate to MERP when it is Avoidable
Do not Capitulate to MERP when it is Avoidable
Paul Premack
Sep 17, 2010
No One Else Can Create Your Power of Attorney
Dear Mr. Premack: My sister had a power of attorney drawn up for each of my grandparents. She is named as the agent. Is there a way to...
Paul Premack
Sep 10, 2010
Granddaughter Living in Deceased Grandmother’s House Will Not Inherit it Without a Will
Dear Mr. Premack: My grandma passed away and still owes the bank $33,000 on her house. My mom lived with grandma just about all her life....
Paul Premack
Sep 3, 2010
Claiming Title to Deceased Person’s Home is not a Light Matter
Dear Mr. Premack: I inherited part of some properties in McMullen and La Salle Counties. My mother and aunt still show on the deed as...
Paul Premack
Sep 3, 2010
Life Estate Inheritance Brings Complications
Dear Mr. Premack: My husband left a Will that said, “To my wife, I devise and bequeath a life estate in my home”. It gave all the rest of...
Paul Premack
Aug 13, 2010
Specifically Designed Educations Gifts to Minors Avoid Medicaid Penalty
Dear Mr. Premack: My elderly parents, who have been living solely on Social Security payments, are about to get $500,000 in bonus from an...
Paul Premack
Aug 6, 2010
Does fiancé’s house become community property upon marriage?
Under Texas marital property law, an asset which is owned by one of the parties before the marriage (which is legally that party’s separate
Paul Premack
Jul 30, 2010
A Will Only Disposes of Items the Testator Still Owned on the Date of Death
Dear Mr. Premack: My grandmother, in her Will, left everything to her two children. At the time of her death she owned six cemetery...
Paul Premack
Jul 23, 2010
Details on Muniment of Title
Dear Mr. Premack: My father’s will was probated as Muniment of Title, but I’m not sure the court order was recorded in the Deed Records....
Paul Premack
Jul 23, 2010