{"id":12437,"date":"2022-07-03T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12437"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:36:02","slug":"beneficiary-behind-bars-the-cons-of-distributing-an-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/probate\/beneficiary-behind-bars-the-cons-of-distributing-an-inheritance\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneficiary Behind Bars: The Cons of Distributing an Inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you pay money to someone who is serving 2-10 in state prison?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes personal representatives, who are executors or administrators for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/probate-and-its-process-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">probate estate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, find themselves with that exact dilemma. Someone who is entitled to a distribution from an estate \u2013 we will call him a distributee \u2013 has been convicted and is now an involuntary guest of the State of Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The personal representative obviously can\u2019t just walk into the pen and hand the distributee a check. The prison officials would frown on that.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how should it be handled?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Prison Distributee<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step is to locate the distributee. If he is incarcerated in a Texas State prison, then you can use the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/inmate.tdcj.texas.gov\/InmateSearch\/start.action\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inmate locator search engine on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have the distributee&#8217;s contact information, send him a letter about his estate inheritance. Note that there are special rules involving inmate correspondence. Resist the temptation to send your letter on colored, decorated stationery or to enclose an envelope with prepaid postage. If you want your letter to go through, then review the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdcj.texas.gov\/documents\/policy\/BP0391.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TDCJ Uniform Inmate Correspondence Rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask the inmate if he has a written <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/six-common-power-of-attorney-documents-in-texas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power of Attorney<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, if he does, to send it to you. If it is a valid Power of Attorney, then you may be able to pay the inmate\u2019s inheritance to the agent named in his Power of Attorney. This will depend on the validity and wording of the power of attorney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, you may be able to pay the inheritance directly into the inmate\u2019s trust account at the prison. The inmate probably is not going to like this alternative, since the department is entitled to withdraw money from the trust account to pay an inmate\u2019s past-due child support, restitution, reimbursement to HHSC for financial assistance paid for an inmate\u2019s child, court costs and fees, fines, and judgments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal Prison Distributee<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things play out a bit differently if, instead of being in a state prison, the distributee is in a federal prison.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which goes by the friendly acronym BOP, also has an online inmate search engine and rules about incoming and outgoing correspondence with federal inmates. Look at the BOP Program Statement on Correspondence for the guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send the inmate a letter with the same information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BOP has an Inmate Financial Responsibility Program that encourages federal offenders to voluntarily pay their court-ordered financial obligations while incarcerated. BOP\u2019s Program Statement on Financial Responsibility, Inmate specifically addresses how an inmate should handle his inheritance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the inmate chooses to handle the inheritance is between him and the BOP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of the type of institution, if the inmate beneficiary does not respond to your letter or does not have a power of attorney, then you may have to pay his beneficiary inheritance to the Texas Comptroller. This is, frankly, a pain. There are additional steps you must take, including preparing a final account for the estate and obtaining a court order to pay the funds to the Comptroller. You must make the Texas Comptroller a party to the probate.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is all expensive and cumbersome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then again, the inmate may be released from prison before it is time for you to distribute the estate and you won\u2019t have to worry about any of this.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jumping to the other side for a moment, if you are making out your estate plan and want to leave money to someone who may end up in prison, please consider a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-and-trust-litigation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trust<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Can Help With Your Estate Planning Needs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are looking for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-planning\/?_ga=2.78650647.2098104047.1654525337-181759580.1654023227\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estate planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> assistance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/#form\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">schedule a consultation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one of the experienced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Hammerle Morris to discuss your options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle is in her fourth decade of practicing law. She is Board Certified in Civil Trial by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and an Accredited Estate Planner. Contact her at legaltalktexas@hammerle.com or visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammerle.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.hammerle.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This column does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you pay money to someone who is serving 2-10 in state prison?\u00a0 Very carefully. Sometimes personal representatives, who are executors or administrators for a probate estate, find themselves with that exact dilemma. 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