This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on August 12, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: My mother was shy about seeing lawyers. She knew she should have a Will so when she was diagnosed with cancer she handwrote her own Will. It is very short, and only says “I give all my worldly…
Read this column on MySA.com (the Express-News) by clicking here. This column first appeared in the Express-News on May 17, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: I have questions I would like answered please. I want to know if the Lady Bird Deed supersedes a Will? Does it avoid probate? – B A Lady Bird Deed is…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on March 31, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: Our children did not have children. Most everyone in family our is still living. Our charitable gifts have not changed. Our Wills were last updated in the late 90’s, and included something called a by-pass trust. Our estate size…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on January 13, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: This is a long story. I do not get along well with my granddaughter, who I finally realized has been taking unfair financial advantage of me. I only had one son, and he had only the one daughter,…
This column first appeared on the San Antonio Express-News.com and the MYSA.com websites. Dear Mr. Premack: I was a caretaker for a lady. She told her attorney that I was to be taken care of when she died. She had him draw up a Will with him as the executor, and he told me that he and I…
I enjoy giving speeches to community groups and residential centers. Last week I was speaking at The Towers, and was asked “I had my Will written by an attorney several years ago. I want to change part of the Will and wonder if I can just cross out the part I don’t like and handwrite…
Dear Mr. Premack: My brother has just inherited a variety of investments (all in a brokerage account) from our uncle. The brokerage account was set up in my brother’s name, and he told me that he felt guilty that our uncle did not leave part of the account to me. He checked with his accountant…
Dear Mr. Premack: I just discovered my uncle’s will. He died in 2006. I have been told that the probate period has passed. He willed his 40 acres of land to me, not to his son. Is there anything else that can be done since the probate period is already passed? – KMA Under the…
