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Virginia Hammerle

Virginia Hammerle is a contributing columnist to The Dallas Morning News and writes weekly articles and blogs on legal issues confronting seniors and their families.
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Estate Planning

Safe Deposit Boxes: What to Store and Not to Store

Safe deposit boxes are a danger hidden in plain sight.  It is tempting to think of them as an appropriate repository for all things valuable:...
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Estate Planning

A Fee Simple Absolute – When Courts of Appeal Disagree

When Lillian died, she left a handwritten (holographic) will that stated “If I die all possions (sic) go to my husband Paul…. and when...
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Probate

Best Probate Shortcut: The Family Agreement to Settle

Part 3 of a 3- part series on estate administration shortcuts. View part 2 of the series. A Family Settlement Agreement, or FSA, is a...
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Probate

A Shortcut with Long Odds: The Seldom Successful Small Estate Affidavit

Part 2 of a 3- part series on estate administration shortcuts. View part 1 of the series. Successfully pulling off the Small Estate Affidavit on...
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Probate

Shortcut or Short-Sighted? The Muniment of Title Proceeding

Part 1 of a 3- part series on estate administration shortcuts. “There are no shortcuts in life-only those we imagine.” Frank Leahy I wonder what Frank...
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Estate Planning

Bringing Down the House: Opening the Door on the Transfer on Death Deed

Let’s take a moment and look at a probate avoidance document called the Transfer on Death Deed. Suppose Sally owns a house and wants her...
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Wills & Trusts

Five Common Trust Mistakes to Avoid

For 40 years I have reviewed trusts, and for 40 years I have seen the same mistakes occur repeatedly. Mistakes that are usually ugly,...
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Estate Planning

The Nothing Deed: Quitclaim Deeds Cloud Title

Quit using quitclaim deeds. These little gems are the bane of title insurance companies and lawyers everywhere.   Quitclaim Deeds vs Warranty Deeds A quitclaim deed is...
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Probate

Astronauts and Their Artifacts: How a Little Hammer from the Apollo 12 Mission Made Texas Law

On November 24, 1969, Apollo 12 returned to Earth after completing a successful journey to the moon. Aboard was astronaut Alan Bean, who had...
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Estate Planning

Light the Menorah – Respecting Jewish Beliefs for Health Care

Happy Hanukkah! This year Christmas falls during Hanukkah, the Jewish eight-day wintertime “festival of lights” that celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple. That does...
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Real Estate

History of House Haunts Sellers: Tricked by Required Disclosures

If your house is a regular gathering place for poltergeists, specters and the odd dybbuk or two, then you may want to keep that...
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Legal Talk

Theft for a Cause: Crowdfunding Pitfalls

Are you a crowdfunder? You are if you have donated to a GoFundMe account, placed money in the church offering plate, or pooled money...
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