This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on March 1, 2017. Dear Mr. Premack: I read your article about “Can Second Spouse Remain in Homestead”. Our situation is that my husband’s father owned a house, leaving it to his three children when he died. His second wife (the stepmother) was not listed…
Dear Mr. Premack: With regards to Medicaid, how many acres are allowed in a Homestead? Can there be a country road that runs through the property for the Homestead claim? KF Texas Medicaid regulations do not restrict the number of acres that can be counted as homestead. If there is a country road that runs…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on December 9, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: My mom owned a house prior to marring her second husband. She was disabled and deferred property taxes on her homestead. She recently passed away. I understand her husband has a life-estate in my mom’s non-community property home,…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on November 7, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: My parents divorced after 30 years of marriage. Mom then bought a new house. However, a few years later my Father and she got back together. He moved into her house with her (but her name was the…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on January 25, 2016. Dear Mr. Premack: My husband and I married 10 years ago after both becoming widowed with grown children. He sold his house and moved into mine (bought with my late husband). I understand if I die first, he will have the…
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 in the San Antonio Express News on December 22, 2015. Dear Mr. Premack: I was at the speech you gave at Incarnate Word University about retaining control over important life decisions. I was thinking about a few issues you raised. My brother and I inherited our widowed mother’s house a few…
