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Harlan Law Offices

  • 517 Phelps Ave., Littlefield, TX 79339-3345, U.S.A.

Jerry Smith, L.P.

  • 205 West Fourth, Suite 101, Hereford, TX 79045-5357, U.S.A.

Ratliff & Wells

  • 206 West 3rd St., Littlefield, TX 79339-3308, U.S.A.

Richard C. Hoelscher

  • 304 W. 3rd, Hereford, TX 79045, U.S.A.

Jack L. Edwards

  • 105 E. Bedford, Dimmitt, TX 79027, U.S.A.

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This information is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. It is provided for general informational purposes only. If you need legal advice you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.

Which is better to do, a living trust or a last will?

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Answered by attorney Charles Richard Perry (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Charles R. Perry
Your situation is sufficiently complex (unmarried couple, real estate that is the separate property of one of the partners) that you need to meet with someone who does estate planning, and perhaps someone who can help you with a separate property agreement. These are not easy conversations to have, as a number of people fear that the separate property agreement is really a "pre-separation" agreement, when it is really a device to set down your desires on paper so that everyone understands and there is no confusion. It is unusual that a person who owns real estate would opt for a will over a living trust, but it happens. The estate planner with whom you consult can evaluate your situation and advise you appropriately.
Your situation is sufficiently complex (unmarried couple, real estate that is the separate property of one of the partners) that you need to meet with someone who does estate planning, and perhaps someone who can help you with a separate property agreement. These are not easy conversations to have, as a number of people fear that the separate property agreement is really a "pre-separation" agreement, when it is really a device to set down your desires on paper so that everyone understands and there is no confusion. It is unusual that a person who owns real estate would opt for a will over a living trust, but it happens. The estate planner with whom you consult can evaluate your situation and advise you appropriately.
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Can the executor close a bank account?

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Answered by attorney Darin S Christensen (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
A power of attorney ceases to have any legal effect as soon as the maker dies. To deal with the account legally, you should be an account signer, the named pay on death beneficiary, the court appointed executor (being named in the will does not give you any authority until it is probated), or file a small estate affidavit if the estate is small enough.
A power of attorney ceases to have any legal effect as soon as the maker dies. To deal with the account legally, you should be an account signer, the named pay on death beneficiary, the court appointed executor (being named in the will does not give you any authority until it is probated), or file a small estate affidavit if the estate is small enough.
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Is it customary that beneficiary decendancy go to direct heirs, by bloodline, of a trust when an heir dies?

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Answered by attorney Neil J Lehto (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Neil J. Lehto
It may be customary for marital partners to arrange their financial affairs for the care and support of each other upon death. A trust, however, being one of several tools by which to do so, may direct that none of its assets be awarded to a spouse and that, upon her death, all of its assets be divided among his children only with nothing going to her children.
It may be customary for marital partners to arrange their financial affairs for the care and support of each other upon death. A trust, however, being one of several tools by which to do so, may direct that none of its assets be awarded to a spouse and that, upon her death, all of its assets be divided among his children only with nothing going to her children.
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