It is very inexpensive to have an attorney prepare a gift deed for you, and then you know it will have been done properly. Your attorney will take...

Am I entitled to a surface lease?

If you own the surface, but not the minerals, what you want is a Surface Use Agreement, not a lease. While the mineral or subsurface estate is the...

What you can do, and what you should do, are two different things. I would never advise a client to sue a close family member, but to find some...

If it's their property, they can use it any way they want, except to keep the owner of the easement out.

My name was added to a deed of a house without my consent, is this legal and what are my options?

Sounds like you got a deal. You own the house, and you don't have to pay for it because it was a gift. It doesn't matter what your aunt tells you...

You can file a quitclaim on anything. You don't even have to own it. It just means you're not going to make a future claim on the property. But...

Are the children entitled to inheritance

"Inception of title" is what determines whether property is separate or community property. You should retain an attorney who can advise you...

I need a lawyer.

Assuming your great grandmother died without a will, your bank probably wants to see an Affidavit of Heirship which sets out who are the heirs of...

My boyfriend and I would like to buy a house together.

You need to wait until his divorce is final. While he is married his income is community property, so half of his income belongs to his wife,...

Real Estate in Texas

You probably have some community property interest in the house. In Texas, income is community property, so even if your husband made all the...