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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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Probate

Lost Trust Leads to Litigation

Your father, Bob Smith, passes away, and while you are going through his papers you come across a deed transferring property to “Bob Smith,...
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Estate Planning

Half a Century Later: Patterns Emerge in Predatory Marriages

When 58-year-old Pearl Choate interviewed with elderly millionaires Otis and Estelle Birch at their 32-room California mansion for a private nursing job in the...
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Estate Planning

Reversing Course: Entitled Children Can Impoverish Elder Parents

Parents: beware the entitled child. He or she can lead you down the path of ruin.   Estate planning is about more than simply signing a...
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Estate Planning

Moving to Texas? Property Issues for the Relocating Couple

Couples who have relocated to Texas, particularly if they come from a common-law state, have some serious legal issues they need to recognize.  It has...
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Legal Talk

Permitless Carry – Handguns In Texas

On June 17, 2021, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill affirming what every Texan, deep-down, has always believed: law-abiding citizens over 21...
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Legal Talk

The Hotchpot Clause: Truing Up an Inheritance

For well over a thousand years, families have incorporated the hotchpot clause into their estate planning.  It may be time for you to consider doing...
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Estate Planning

Inception of Title Rule for Business Owners – Ownership Interests and Your Spouse

Listen up, married Texas residents. Because you are in a community property state, you need to know about the inception of title rule.   This general...
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Legal Talk

Love and Affection: As Seen Through the Eyes of Justice

As we prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day, let’s take a moment to ruminate on how judges through the ages have addressed love and affection. We’ll...
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Estate Planning

Community Property Survivorship Agreements: This Tool Deserves Another Look

Texas has a little-known estate planning technique available to spouses – the Community Property Survivorship Agreement.  Here is how it works: both spouses sign a...
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Estate Planning

Contracts Between Family Members: Avoiding Common Problems

A One- Act Play.  Characters: Ailing elderly mom, not-so-wealthy adult son, and son’s wife. Opening scene: Living room in a nice house located in an unidentified...
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Legal Talk

Practice Makes Perfect: The First Forty Years 

This year will mark the beginning of my 5th decade of practicing law. Lawyers traditionally commemorate such a major milestone by reflecting on how...
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Probate

Being Escheated Out of Your Inheritance – Abandoned Property Laws

The State of Texas does not want your inheritance. It may end up with it anyway.   Blame it on Chapter 551, an obscure part of...
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*Virginia Hammerle, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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