by Keith Hajovsky | Mar 19, 2025 | Estate Administration, General Estate Planning, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Marital Assets, Wills
If you die without a will in Texas, the Texas Estates Code has strict rules that dictate where your assets go. For many or perhaps people this strict assignment of their assets is not what they would have wanted. And for some people, due to their specific life...
by Keith Hajovsky | Aug 7, 2024 | Estate Administration, General Estate Planning, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Marital Assets, Non-probate Assets, Wills
When you are married you have community property and separate property in Texas. Each spouse has full testamentary power (the ability to say who gets which of those assets in their will) over their own separate property, but they have testamentary power only over one...
by Keith Hajovsky | Jul 24, 2024 | Estate Administration, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Probate, Wills
Getting a will makes financial sense. As I mentioned in my article Why Do I Really Need A Will? one of the main reasons you should have a will in place is to help prevent your estate and heirs from spending a lot more money on legal fees and court costs. This is...
by Keith Hajovsky | Jun 12, 2024 | Estate Administration, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Probate, Wills
If someone dies without a will, where do their assets go? As I mentioned in my blog piece, Why Do I Really Need A Will?, one of several reasons you should have a will in place is that if you die without a will in Texas then state law forces the courts to use very...
by Keith Hajovsky | May 22, 2024 | Estate Administration, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Probate
If someone dies without a will and certain specific criteria are met, then a small estate affidavit can be used to take care of an estate. You can still apply to the court to probate an estate without a will, but it’s usually much more time consuming and expensive to...
by Keith Hajovsky | May 1, 2024 | Estate Administration, General Estate Planning, Intestate - Dying Without A Will, Wills
Why do I really need a will? I imagine just about everyone has at least thought about getting a will at some point in time, but many studies show that over half of all adult Americans do not have even the most basic estate planning documents. I think a big reason that...
