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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

Types of Probate in Texas

In the public mind, the term “probate” is often associated with expense, delay, suffering and, sometimes, prolonged legal disputes. While there are many probate...
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Probate

Dash for Cash – Informal Funding of Inheritance Has Hidden Dangers

Several years ago I had a probate consultation with three very nice people whose great-aunt had recently died.  They apologized for their somewhat disheveled...
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Real Estate

6 Types of Property Deeds You Need to Know About

In Texas real estate transactions, property deeds are extremely important and there are formal conventions that pertain to them. For instance, to convey title...
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Business Law

Your Guide to the Different Types of Business Entities

If you’ve decided to start your own business, there are important first steps to take, including drawing up a precise business plan and securing...
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Legal Talk

Covid-19 Scams, Robocalls and Life Insurance – Important Stuff to Know

Scammers seem to flourish wherever there is suffering and panic. Not surprisingly, the Coronavirus has brought them out like flies to a rotting carcass. The...
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Legal Talk

Beware the MERP – Texas offers Huge Loophole to Recovery Program

MERP is the Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program. Its sole purpose is to seize money from the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients and then...
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Legal Talk

The Cruise Conundrum – Suing is not Easy Sailing

There have always been murmurs, interrupted by occasional shouts, about the dark side of traveling on a cruise ship. Some of the stories –...
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Legal Talk

Shedding the Unwanted Houseguest – A Road Map to Deal with Squatters

“Friends, Relatives, In-laws, lend me your ears.  I have come to bury our relationship, not to praise it.  You need to leave my house...
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Business Law

Amateur Hour – Loans to Family Members Can Be Complicated

During the Years of Plenty, when you could simply throw money into the air and have it return three-fold, intra-family loans were a rarity.   Ah,...
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Estate Planning

It is Twenty Years Later – Do You Know Where Your Lawyer Is?

Talk about an aging profession. More than 35% of the licensed attorneys in the State of Texas are over the age of 55. Ouch. Just like other...
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Legal Talk

Butt Shaking – Accusation of Lawyer’s Bad Acts goes Viral

In 1989 the justices of the two highest courts of this great State of Texas, disgusted with the bad behavior of a “minority” of...
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Legal Talk

3 Ways That Grandparents Can Get Custody of Grandchildren

In recent years, the traditional nuclear American family that prevailed in the years following World War II – father, mother and children all living...
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*Virginia Hammerle, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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