This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Hearst Newspapers on October 30, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: My father signed a Durable Power of Attorney about ten years ago, naming me as his Agent. For a long time, I didn’t need to do anything to help him, but now he is…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Hearst Newspapers on October 1, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: Can a Durable Power of Attorney and a Medical Power of Attorney be amended to change the alternate agent without a new document being issued? – RLD A Durable Power of Attorney is legally…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News and other Hearst Newspapers on July 16, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: I had power of attorney over a family friend. She died and now the “relatives” have hired a lawyer requesting documents. What am I supposed to do? – J.S. I assume that you are…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and other Hearst Newspapers on July 2, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: Situation: I have been divorced from Robert for over twenty years. We share an adult son, are very civil to each other, and I even still own a fifty-percent share of the house we had…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on February 23, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: I think I have a simple legal question. I heard the law changed regarding recorded Powers of Attorney. I want to revoke my old Power of Attorney, but it was filed at the courthouse years ago. I have…
This column appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on January 5, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: My grandmother made me a 25% heir of her estate in her Will. Three daughters with her first husband were left the other 75%. My mother, who had a different father, was not included as an heir. Grandmother died in…
This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on September 11, 2017. (Part 4 in a series.) Since the early 1990s, Texas has had an issue with Durable Powers of Attorney (DPOA) which was initiated by the banking lobby. They had convinced the legislature to structure Texas law to give them the power to…
