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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.
244 articles
Estate Planning

Intentional Gifting – Making Your Life Count

This may come as a shock, but most of us have gotten gifting wrong for years.   The problem is that we associate gifts with traditional...
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Real Estate

Homestead Property Tax Exemptions

Don't Pay More Than Your Fair Share You may have noticed that your home value has sky-rocketed in the last two years. Know who else...
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Probate

The Art of the Claim: Arduous Probate Process Unfriendly for Creditors

Had Sun Tzu been a 21st century lawyer rather than an ancient Chinese military strategist, he would have applauded the claims system used in...
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Wills & Trusts

How Financial Institutions Can Sabotage Your Estate Plan

Beware your financial institution. It can be the downfall of your estate plan. You and your financial institution have a contract. The terms of that...
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Wills & Trusts

Different Types of Trusts in Estate Planning

A trust is simply a contract between a “trustee,” who manages the trust, and a “grantor,” who establishes the trust. It is set up...
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Probate

The Morning After – Executor’s Role After a Death

If you have never served as an executor of a will, then you probably have no idea what your official duties are in the...
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Wills & Trusts

Never Say Never – Can You Revoke an Irrevocable Trust?

How do you spell “relief” in 2021?     F-L-E-X-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y. As in travel, work location, masking, and estate plans.   Estate plans?  Unfortunately, yes. Many estate plans originated decades...
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Legal Talk

You Know What You Know – Actual and Constructive Notice Confuses the Best

What do you know?  It is a fair question to which the law gives an unfair answer. Under the law, you are charged with knowing...
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Probate

When Your Ex is X’d Out: Divorce Triggers Automatic Revocations

Call it the law of unintended consequences.  A final divorce, which is certainly consequential, can have all sorts of surprising consequences. Some might be welcome,...
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Probate

Murder, Mayhem and In-Laws – Purposeful Conditional Bequests

Don’t let the grave stop you from harassing a boorish in-law.  Texas thinks it is a fine idea. It is completely legal to write your...
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Estate Planning

Trusts in Texas

A Trust is a legal chameleon. What is a Trust At its most basic, a trust is an agreement by a fiduciary (the trustee)  to hold...
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Wills & Trusts

The Rule Against Perpetuities Fades Away

If you are the grantor, beneficiary, creditor, trust protector, CPA, financial advisor, attorney or trustee of a trust, or if you just generally think...
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