Perhaps just to clarify Mr. Foster's response, and your own understanding, probate WILL get to make the final decision. When a person dies in...

Heirship without a will to cash a check

Mr. Haber is correct. Yours is precisely the sort of situation that Texas legislators had in mind when they created both the small estate...

Can my mom's husband give away his stocks?

Texas is, in fact, a community property state. You're absolutely right that a married person can give their 1/2 of a community property asset to...

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My dad passed away dec 2010 had a will, never probated it. My mother passed away Sep 2011 no will. does dads will stand ?

Your father's Will probably needs to be offered to and admitted to probate. If the Will leaves everything to his spouse, then the ultimate...

Probate

Ernie: You're doing yourself and your family a great service to give these issues some consideration before they become realities. Thankfully,...

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My sister took charge of mothers furneral ........

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. As my colleagues have pointed out, the question is whether or not you agreed to share in the expense that is...

Yes, you'll need some sort of legal documentation in order to prove that you are a decedent's heir. Exactly what documentation might be required...

MY STEP BROTHERS ARE TAKING ME TO COURT,TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE MY MOTHER LEFT ME IN HER WILL, THE HOUSE I PAID FOR

You've received some thoughtful and well-reasoned insight from my colleagues, and I hope that you've made an effort to locate and visit with an...

Who will get my grandma's home if it was willed to her only son who is deceased?

I agree with both Mr. Haber's comments and Mr. Geffen's thoughts that more might be at stake here than simply your father's estate. If your father...

How long does an executor have to put the real estate left by the deceased in estate form, ie "the estate of..."

I agree with Mr. Fromm that there may be some self-dealing happening, and that it could be a basis upon which you request that the Court instruct...