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Welder Leshin Lorenz Buchanan Hawn LLP

4.8
37 Reviews

  • Serving Robstown, TX

  • Law Firm with 13 lawyers1 award

  • General Civil & Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice, Admiralty, Personal Injury Defense, Labor and Employment, Government Entities and Administrative, Utilities, Banking,... Read More

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Leigh Levy
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Lindsay M. Browne Family Law

4.6
25 Reviews

  • Serving Robstown, TX and Nueces County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • A Hands-On Family Law Attorney You Can Count OnIf you need a family law attorney in Nueces County, chances are you are dealing with a matter that is very personal and important to... Read More

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Brock Guerra Strandmo Dimaline Jones, P.C.

4.8
11 Reviews

  • Serving Robstown, TX and Nueces County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 15 lawyers2 awards

  • For over 60 years, members of AV rated Brock Guerra Strandmo Dimaline Jones, P.C. have beenpracticing law throughout Central and South Texas, focusing almost exclusively on state... Read More

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Kanon Lillemon
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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 Brian Haggerty (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Minor, Bandonis & Haggerty P.C.
"Customary" doesn't matter much; the maker of a trust can say what he or she wants to say in terms of who takes. The question is a little confusing, but I'm gathering that one child of the trust-maker has passed away, and the trust calls for distribution to the deceased child's children, rather than to the deceased child's spouse. In my experience, yes, that is the more common distribution, keeping the wealth in the lineal family descent. Marriage is a little too dicey these days for many people.
"Customary" doesn't matter much; the maker of a trust can say what he or she wants to say in terms of who takes. The question is a little confusing, but I'm gathering that one child of the trust-maker has passed away, and the trust calls for distribution to the deceased child's children, rather than to the deceased child's spouse. In my experience, yes, that is the more common distribution, keeping the wealth in the lineal family descent. Marriage is a little too dicey these days for many people.
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Under the law, once a will has gone through probate and executor is appointed, should this be sufficient to access bank accounts?

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Answered by attorney Brian Haggerty (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Minor, Bandonis & Haggerty P.C.
Your lawyer is right, your Letters Testamentary should be sufficient. Banks live according to their own laws, however, and don't give a rip for the laws enacted by the legislature of the State of Oregon. Your choice is to pay a lot of money to have your lawyer argue this with Bank, or pay for another death certificate to give to bank. Get the death certificate.
Your lawyer is right, your Letters Testamentary should be sufficient. Banks live according to their own laws, however, and don't give a rip for the laws enacted by the legislature of the State of Oregon. Your choice is to pay a lot of money to have your lawyer argue this with Bank, or pay for another death certificate to give to bank. Get the death certificate.
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What can happen if my sister does not inform me of my mothers passing

Terry Lynn Garrett
Answered by attorney Terry Lynn Garrett
Estate Planning lawyer at The Garrett Law Firm, PLLC
Your sister has no legal obligation to inform you of anything.  If there was no Will and you were an heir under Texas law, the attorney of the person applying to probate the estate would have sent you a Distributee's Agreement.  If there was a Will and you were a named beneficiary, the attorney for the person whom the Will appointed and the Court named as executor of the Will and estate would have sent you a Notice to Beneficiary after the Court admitted the Will to probate.  Based on your description, it appears that there was a Will and that you were not named as a beneficiary.
Your sister has no legal obligation to inform you of anything.  If there was no Will and you were an heir under Texas law, the attorney of the person applying to probate the estate would have sent you a Distributee's Agreement.  If there was a Will and you were a named beneficiary, the attorney for the person whom the Will appointed and the Court named as executor of the Will and estate would have sent you a Notice to Beneficiary after the Court admitted the Will to probate.  Based on your description, it appears that there was a Will and that you were not named as a beneficiary.
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