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On May 25, 2023, the Texas Legislature enacted the biggest structural change to the Texas court system in recent memory. House Bill 19 (“HB 19”)—signed by Governor Greg Abbott in...

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Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Cash Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Cash died, and to no one’s surprise after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood...

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Jillion Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Jillion died and ironically after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood...

In In re Guardianship of Margol, a mother gave her son power of attorney. The daughter filed to name a guardian of her mother’s person and estate. The trial court granted the guardianship of estate, but not person, and found the son had an adverse interest and no standing.

Husband Harold and wife Mildred executed a joint will that gave the survivor of the first to die a right to all their property during the survivor’s lifetime with the remaining estate

In In re Robinett, a party filed a petition for writ of mandamus, challenging a trial court’s order appointing a temporary administrator. No. 03-21-00649-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 926...

In re Robinett, TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS decided under Section 55.001 of Texas Estates Code, requires that order appointing a temporary administrator set the amount of bond to be given by the appointee. Moreover, Texas Estates Code generally requires into a fiduciary bond