(This is the final article in a series about Texas probate procedures.) There are very few types of documents that are as misunderstood as the Affidavit of Heirship. Perhaps that is because the same ...

Understanding the process of estate management can be difficult, especially when a person dies without a will. In such situations, a New York estate planning attorney can play an important role in ...

Dear Mr. Premack: My father was married only once, and they had five children. He died in 1994 survived by our mother and all the children, but without a Will. My sister has decided that all the land ...

A new report from the National Consumer Law Center and the Initiative for Land, Housing & Property Rights details how heirship affidavits can help heirs property owners to document ownership, ...

Dear Mr. Premack: A woman is in her second marriage. She has children from her first marriage, and her husband has children from his first marriage, but there are no children from this second marriage ...

Q: My wife passed away last May with a will leaving everything to me. Most of our financial accounts were held as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Our home was jointly owned. Everything has ...