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What to Do With a Timeshare When the Owner Dies Without a Will
Some people love their timeshares and plan their getaways around the timeshare company’s offerings. Others are excited at the start, and then find that it simply doesn’t work for them. For heirs, a...
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Where Will the Vanderbilt Wealth Go, If Not to Anderson Cooper?
When Gloria Vanderbilt died at age 95, it was truly the end of an era. Her life included the high society world of old New York and the disco scene at Studio 54. However, her son Anderson Cooper...
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How a Will Help A Child Manage Distributing Your Property
A single parent wonders if they need a will, or if just making an account a Payable on Death or POD account will be an adequate solution for transferring his assets when he dies. Even if you have only...
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What to do with a Sudden Windfall
It’s a problem that most people wish they had: a sudden influx of money, sometimes a lot of money. It can be overwhelming, and the most important thing to do is—nothing, at first. The first thing to...
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What’s the Best Thing to Do with an Inherited Investment?
“Receiving an inheritance can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's overwhelming, thanks to the intense emotions associated with losing a loved one combined with the confusion about what to...
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How Do I Do the Most with My Inheritance?
“You may have a friend, or two, who has blown a large inheritance. Some of you may have also seen a news story about a lottery winner who went bankrupt (or worse) just a few years after receiving a...
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Updating a Houston Estate Plan Before a Second Marriage
Before getting married, it is important to consider how the wedding will impact a current Houston estate plan. Second marriages often present complicated estate planning issues. This is especially true...
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How to Make Texas Your Permanent “Domicile” for Estate Planning Purposes
Unlike many other states which impose an estate tax at the time of a person’s death, Texas does not have such a tax. Therefore, when people move to Texas from another state many hope to eliminate the...
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What is an Application to Determine Heirship in Texas?
At times, navigating probate is a relatively straightforward process. Other times, though, the process can be messy – especially when it is unclear who an individual’s heirs are and who should receive...
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Are Stepchildren Entitled to Inherit Under a Texas Will?
When parents begin their estate planning processes, they have many variables to consider, and it is always difficult to make decisions about which assets should go where. One variable that many of our...
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