Texas Supreme Court Holds There Is No Tortious Interference With Inheritance Rights Cause Of Action
The Texas Supreme Court is loathe to recognize or create a cause of action if there is a question...
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Tag: Inheritance
What Happens When You File An Inheritance Dispute In The Wrong Texas Court
If you try to represent yourself in court things can go wrong quickly.
Read MoreShould You Tell Your Children What They Will (Or Won’t) Inherit?
Deborah L. Jacobs, a staff writer at Forbes, wrote an article where she listed seven reasons why you should tell your children what they will or won’t inherit. While this is a difficult conversation especially as you age...
Read MoreUnder the “slayer rule” can you inherit from someone you murdered if your are found incompetent?
The “slayer rule” is a rule that some states recognize that prevents someone convicted of causing a death from later profiting by inheriting from the deceased victim. As I’ve written before, Texas does not...
Read MoreCan a Texas Judge Declare That a Parent Can’t Inherit From His Child?
Yes he can, according to the Texas Probate Code. A judge can declare that a parent can’t inherit by or through a child if the parent abandoned or failed to support the child; abandoned the mother during pregnancy and...
Read MoreIn Developing Countries, Lack of Inheritance Rights for Women May Depress the Country’s Economy
In a posting on the World Bank’s blog, there is an article that points out that wives and daughters don’t have the same inheritance rights as husbands and sons in developing countries. In those countries, ownership...
Read MoreInheritance Rights of Adopted Children
Inheritance Rights of Adopted Children Generally, in Texas, the inheritance rights of formally adopted children are the same as naturally born children. That means that they inherit from and through their adoptive parents....
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Does a spouse inherit the community property if the other spouse dies intestate (without a will?)
Does a spouse inherit the community property of their deceased spouse is a complex question. Learn about the complexity and what the surviving spouse can do
Read MoreWhen are you dead, Part 2.
When are you dead? I recently wrote on the issue of when are you dead for probate purposes here. The issue is important because Texas has a statute that says that if a person gives you something in their will and you...
Read MoreWhen are you dead for inheritance purposes?
When are you dead? The Simultaneous Death Act, Texas Estates Code §121.001 (formally Probate Code §47), provides that if you don’t survive the decedent by 120 hours or if you both die in a common disaster, it will be...
Read MoreWhat is a putative spouse?
A putative spouse is one who, in good faith, thinks that he or she is married when they are not. I’ve written a brief description of a putative spouse and their inheritance rights at our web site,...
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...
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