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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....
For many people, their social media accounts become like personal journals. Others use it for business, and some make it like an online scrapbook where they keep their memories. Whatever way you use your Facebook account, you may wonder what will happen with it after...
As an executor, you have fiduciary responsibilities that may see heavy scrutiny from several parties, such as benefactors and creditors. While you are not liable for the debts you administrate, there are still ways to open yourself up to liability. Texas statutes...
Probate is the processing of closing an estate. If there is a will, it will usually dictate what happens with property during probate. If there is no will, state law will determine the passing of property to heirs. If your estate includes property or assets you own...
Most people have heard stories of fights erupting among heirs after a loved one dies. As you prepare your estate plan, you may hope that your family will have a different story, but if you want to ensure that your family does not fight, it helps to know why families...