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Archive for: March, 2020

TEXAS PROBATE PROCESS AND LAW

TEXAS PROBATE PROCESS AND LAW Probate is the process of recognizing a person’s death and winding up their estate. The process can be simple or complicated, depending on the size of the estate and its complexity. However, many people who are not lawyers can quickly become overwhelmed by the process and need professio...

AFTER DEATH DOES US PART: SURVIVING SPOUSE AS FIDUCIARY AND BENEFICIARY

Spouses commonly name each other as fiduciaries in their estate planning documents. Even in intestate estates, Florida law recognizes a preference for the surviving spouse to be a fiduciary.1 This statutory preference exists even when the deceased spouse leaves adult children not of the marriage. When a surviving spo...