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Will I be responsible for attorney fees if I'm not on board with involving lawyers in an estate land division ?

Terry's answer | Answered on January 05, 2020

You do not get to decide. The executor or administrator of the estate hires the lawyers on behalf of the estate. The estate pays the bills.

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If I was left money when I was a child do my parents have to give it to me now that I’m an adult?

Terry's answer | Answered on January 04, 2020

It appears that they neglected to opening a Uniform Trust for Minors bank account, which would have been yours ar 21, or establishing a 529 College...

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How to find out who has power of Attorney Or any legal guardian ship or anything else over my grandmother ?

Terry's answer | Answered on January 04, 2020

A Durable Power of Attorney need only be recorded to have authority over real property. You may well want to contact and fully inform a local...

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What happens when a widowed Texan passes away without a will?

Terry's answer | Answered on January 04, 2020

Whether the adopted out children are heirs under Texas law depends on (1) the law in the state of their adoption at the time of the adoption and...

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How do I obtain legal custody of my 15 year old niece?

Terry's answer | Answered on January 02, 2020

You cannot become their guardian without the parental rights of both parents being terminated either voluntarily or by a court. However, both...

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I need to get a court order signed by a judge requesting Apple ICloud allow my husband an I to retrieve music my son who has pas

Terry's answer | Answered on January 01, 2020

I concur that re-downloading the songs will cost you much less in money and aggravation that getting a court order. The court could only issue the...

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How do I get my portion of a home if my father is deceased and now his wife has passed away.?

Terry's answer | Answered on December 31, 2019

Texas is a community property state. Joint ownership, unless "joint ownership with right of survivorship," does not automatically pass title of...

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Collection call after 9 pm in Texas. Call was @ 10:45 or so?

Terry's answer | Answered on December 30, 2019

Report the debt collector to the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and the Texas Office of the Attorney General.

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My 2 daughters and I have lived in my mothers house now for 8-9 years can I get a Restraining order?

Terry's answer | Answered on December 30, 2019

How are you going to restrain her from coming within, say, 100 feet of you?

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How can a second party take property, house and car, from siblings inheritance ?

Terry's answer | Answered on December 30, 2019

Nonsense. If there is no written Will submitted to probate, the property passes through heirship. Contact a local probate attorney immediately to...

Terry Lynn Garrett's Answers (1469)

Will I be responsible for attorney fees if I'm not on board with involving lawyers in an estate land division ?

If I was left money when I was a child do my parents have to give it to me now that I’m an adult?

How to find out who has power of Attorney Or any legal guardian ship or anything else over my grandmother ?

What happens when a widowed Texan passes away without a will?

How do I obtain legal custody of my 15 year old niece?

I need to get a court order signed by a judge requesting Apple ICloud allow my husband an I to retrieve music my son who has pas

How do I get my portion of a home if my father is deceased and now his wife has passed away.?

Collection call after 9 pm in Texas. Call was @ 10:45 or so?

My 2 daughters and I have lived in my mothers house now for 8-9 years can I get a Restraining order?

How can a second party take property, house and car, from siblings inheritance ?