I'm one of several heirs to a large estate and the administrator has refused to sign the motion to begin selling any property.

You have used a technical term of administrator as opposed to executor. Executors are usually associated with estates that wills and...

My husband received a gift of a house from his mother, as his spouse do i partly own the house?

Texas is a community property state which means in your case that a gift from someone directly to your husband is his separate property (you don't...

My girlfriends husband died four years ago he died with no will and a life insurance policy with her as the sole beneficiary.

Your girlfriend as the named beneficiary of the life insurance contract is the only heir.

About how long should an executor execute a Will?

The Texas Probate Code gives the Executor 15 months before a distributee (your step daughter) could force an accounting and distribution.

Tx probate law, deciesed co-signer of a privite scholl loan

Probate is a procedure to prove a will. It is generally started by the heirs of the person who passed away not a creditor. The bank, as a...

My parents died without a will. How can I get sole ownership of their home? Can I handle this without a lawyer?

You will need to have someone prepare a statutory affidavit of heirship identifying the real estate and have it filed. At the very same time,...

How long do adopted children have to contest without a will

Actually they have as long as they want. Without a will, generally you can have a lawyer prepare a statutory affidavit of heirship identifying...

If a year has passed, it sounds like there are no assets other than the car that need to be transferred. Texas has an affidavit of heirship for...

Received citation regarding delinguent property taxes on my house. I filed an answer with the court. When do I go to trial?

You should make absolutely sure that the court has your answer the file. Unfortunately with electronic filing and paper filing being used side by...

If and S corp files bankruptcy will it still owe its tax debt?

I have a little different take on this than the prior answers. An S corporation very rarely owes income tax. The whole point of creating the S...