Attorney Rania Combs explains whether adopted children can inherit from both biological parents and adoptive parents under the Texas Intestacy Statutes.
When an unmarried person dies without a Will in Texas, the Texas Intestacy Statutes control how their property will be distributed. The intestacy statutes are the…
I heard about “laughing heirs” for the first time during my Wills, Trusts, and Estates class in law school. A laughing heir is an heir of an estate…
If you and your spouse are planning to divorce, you probably wouldn’t want your property distributed to him or her if you died while your divorce is…
Everyone needs a Will. A Will allows you to dictate how your property will be distributed after you die. If you don’t have a Will, you lose…
When someone dies without a Will in Texas, their assets pass according to a statutory formula called the intestacy statutes. The intestacy statutes take into account a…
A married man died recently. He had a Will which had been prepared shortly after he and his second wife got married. When their Wills were prepared,…
I recently got a note from someone whose biological brother had been given up for adoption while he was a baby. His brother had just died in…