No Forced Heirship In Texas
Texas does not require that you leave some part of your property to your children or spouse.
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Tag: Illegitimate
Reasons for the recent increase in inheritance disputes.
I have previously written about the causes of the recent increase in will contest and other inheritance disputes. In a recent article, International Adviser also reported on this issue. At the beginning of the article, the...
Read MoreWho can request an exhumation of a body?
Apparently, an illegitimate child can’t. The Health and Safety Code §711.004 allows a district court to order an exhumation if requested by certain people including the spouse or the children. That section may not apply to...
Read MoreDo illegitimate children have inheritance rights?
Prior to 1991 Before 1991, the question of do illegitimate children have inheritance rights was answered differently than it is today. In Texas illegitimate children could only inherit from their biological parents if the...
Read MoreDo you get an inheritance if you never knew your father? Or mother?
Occasionally, the situation will arise were a child is born but never knows one of his parents. This may happen because the mother and father were never married. It could happen because the mother and father were married but...
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