My father had started setting up a special needs trust for me when he died suddenly. Can his will be amended to reflect that?

The Texas Estates Code now permits a Will to be reformed retroactively to permit gifts passing to a disabled person to pass to a special needs...

Should property be split between us Two.

Hire a local probate attorney to file an Application for Determination of Heirship and Issuance of Letters of Administration. Your sister may feel...

What can I do about my step mother trying to destroy my life to keep me from my inheritance?

For some of your problems you need a different kind of lawyer but you do not have to wait on your stepmother to probate. Any heir can hire a local...

A surviving spouse of a marriage of at least 10 years who has not remarried is entitled to benefits. So are surviving minor children. There is a...

Single mom passes,no will,3 siblings, youngest gets fraudulent LadyBird and takes it all. How to get probate/court involved ASA

A Lady Bird Deed does not transfer "everything," only title to real property. You might consider hiring a local probate attorney to file for a...

Why do I have to go to probate court if the will names 6me and only me executor and it's

A Will has no legal effect until a Court admits it to probate (proving). If you cannot afford a lawyer, see whether you qualify for free...

Caregiver Burnout

You can sell the home, recouping what you put into it. Depending on documentation, you may be able to recover for expenses paid on your father's...

Our mother died and it is 7 of us and left us a home I am disable and I have been living in the hom for seven years paying all

If you cannot buy out your siblings, you must allow the house to be sold. However, you have a claim for reimbursement for back taxes before any...

If I get married can my husband sign paternity rights away?

If your husband is only the presumed and not the biological father of the child, the biological father must acknowledge paternity and give up his...

What does it cost to probate a will??

There are court filing fees, newspaper notices to creditors and notices to beneficiaries. But if the Will was properly drafted and provides for an...