Texas Probate Columns from Premack's San Antonio Express News Column

Why is the bank telling me to get Letters Testamentary?

Probating Will Proves Property Ownership

Q & A on Community Property Survivorship Agreements

Handling Estate when all nominated Executors fail to qualify

Who gets Stock when Will was never probated?

What happens when a traveler dies abroad?

What happens when a non-Texas resident dies with property in Texas?

Can Mom’s house be transferred to her Sister?

Wills are not Self-Enacting

Will POD account be upheld against challenge?

Can Executor do Probate without Lawyer?

Home Equity Loan liability after Divorce and Death

Can Wife’s Inheritance pass to Husband?

Don’t Emulate Plan-less Celebrities

Transfer of house title before or after death

Estate Planning Workaround idea needs work

Why a person should never die intestate

How should Will handle House issue?

Questions about MERP claims

Both parents’ deaths leaves family with legal mess

New way to transfer car title upon death

Tax account record is not official ownership record

To Whom Do I give my Friend’s Will?

Must a Will always go to Probate?

Late Probate of Will Requires Personal Notice to Heirs

Appraisal Letter should prompt Probate

Does a Lady Bird Deed supersede a Will and avoid Probate?

How executors get paid

Probate, Mortgages and Foreclosure

Does a joint account grant legal rights to the money?

Homestead rights, heirship and things to know about how property passes upon death in Texas

Failing to Probate a Will leads to Ownership Distress

The Intersection of Medicaid and Probate

Living (and Dying) in Two States

What are Executor’s main duties?

Can One Sibling Block House Sale after Dad’s Death?

Naive short-cut increased conflict and expense of settling estate

Can attorney be heir in a will the attorney writes?

Step-up in Basis on Separate versus Community Land

Digital Assets and Passwords for Agents and Executors

When to Avoid using Community Property Survivorship

Is California daughter allowed to be Executor?

Sister lets Mom’s House Waste Away for Lack of Legal Action

How to Name Different Beneficiaries for Your Estate

Discovery of Uncle’s Will Years Late Raises Question

Multiple Q&A

Must Oklahoma will be probated in Texas, too?

BRIEF: Can any creditor file probate for an intestate or must it be a secured creditor?

Small Estate Affidavit has Limited Utility

What is the tax impact of being an IRA beneficiary?