Given all the steps needed to carry out probate, you might wonder when you as an executor will finally have finished administering an estate. While being an executor may involve long and complicated work, there is a point where you can finally close out the estate....
When planning your estate in Texas, it is important to lay down as many details as you can as early as you can. Documenting your wishes ahead of time helps leave direction to your loved ones in the event of your own death. However, making these plans earlier leaves...
Texas marriages fall apart for many different reasons, and when yours ends, you may feel much differently about your one-time partner than you did on the day you married. Because the relationship between you and your former spouse may undergo monumental change when...
No one wants to think about a world where they can no longer make critical decisions. Unfortunately, incapacitation can happen to anyone. Accidents or illnesses can take away a person's ability to legally consent to medical procedures or to make financial moves. You...
Despite naming someone as guardian, this is not necessarily enough to set this designation in stone. Specific factors might actually make someone unqualified for guardianship. On top of that, a priority list exists for choosing a guardian. But what is it, and what...
Completing an estate plan is a major achievement. Unfortunately, according to reporting from CNBC, only approximately 33% of Americans have finished the estate planning process. If you are one of them, you should resist the urge to stash your estate plan away forever....
The loss of a loved one is an emotional and challenging time, and the last thing anyone wants to deal with is a dispute over the deceased's will. However, there may be valid reasons to contest a will and ensure that the estate carries out a deceased's true intentions....
