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PopularDoes a spouse inherit the community property if the other spouse dies intestate (without a will?)
Community Property vs Separate Property Texas has community property and separate property. Basically, community property is property acquired during marriage except by inheritance or gift. Separate property is everything else....
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In A Texas will, When Does “I Leave The Rest To You” Mean I Don’t Leave The Rest To You?
In a Texas will, the mother said this: “NOW BOBBY I leave the rest to you, everything,...
In A Texas will, When Does “I Leave The Rest To You” Mean I Don’t Leave The Rest To You?
In a Texas will, the mother said this: “NOW BOBBY I leave the rest to you, everything,...
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When Is A Joint Account Not A Joint Account In Texas
Financial accounts do not go through probate. The financial institution gives the money directly...
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Oral Statements by the Testator about a Texas Will
When a person tells someone how he wants his property handled when he dies but he has a written...
Read MoreIn A Texas Will Contest, Can You Waive Your Right To Appeal
Background In Estate of Crawford, 14-17-00703-CV, (Tex. App. – Houston [14] November 9, 2017) the court of appeals ruled that you can waive your right to appeal in a suit contesting a will. A will was filed for probate by...
Read MoreDoes A Texas Will That Says “all other things owned by me…” Include Everything Owed By The Testator
The will In a recent Texas inheritance dispute out of the Fort Worth Court of Appeals, In the Estate of Larry Ronald Neal, Deceased, No. 02-16-00381-CV, (Tex. App. –Fort Worth, Delivered: November 9, 2017), the question was what...
Read MoreWhat Happens When You File An Inheritance Dispute In The Wrong Texas Court
Facts A recent court of appeals decision illustrates what happens when you file an inheritance dispute in the Wrong Texas Court. An elderly Texas man had nine children. In the last few years of his life, one of his children...
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