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Texas Will Probate Lawyer, Texas Will Contest Lawyer, and
Texas Estate Lawyer Handles Probate Lawsuits and Estate
Lawsuits for Texas and
Out of State Beneficiaries and Heirs as well as Grieving
Loved Ones
(Texas Will, Estate, and Probate Lawyer Jason Coomer)
Texas Will
Probate Lawyer, Inheritance Lawyer, and Estate
Lawyer Jason Coomer represents heirs, family members, and
beneficiaries including those from out of state that need to
have a Will probated, a Will contested, or an Estate taken
through probate. He probates Wills, defends Wills,
determines heirs, helps beneficiaries, helps heirs, and contests Wills in
the Austin Area including Travis
County, Williamson County, Bexar County, Bastrop County, and Hays County as
well as works with other Texas probate lawyers across Texas including
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas County, Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Tarrant County.
For questions on a Texas Will
Probate Lawsuit, will contest, taking an Estate through probate in a Texas Court,
preventing a Texas Will contest, or fighting a
Texas Will
Contest, please feel free to
e-mail Texas Will Probate, Will Contest, and Estate
Lawyer Jason S. Coomer at TexasWillLawyer@texaslawyers.com or
use our contact form
to submit an inquiry regarding a Will Probate, Estate
Probate, or Will Contest.
Texas
Will Contest, Estate Probate and Will Probate Lawyer, Jason Coomer
helps heirs and beneficiaries through the estate process as
well as helps
protect the wishes of loved ones that have passed on and
best interests of his clients.
The Probate Process and
Inheritance is Expected to Become More Common with Hundreds
of Billions of Dollars in Property Being Passed Down Each
Year and in the Future Trillions of Dollars in Inheritance
is Expected to be Passed Down
Inheritance is the practice of
passing on wealth or obligations upon the death of an
individual. The Texas Probate Process allows parents to
pass on land, businesses, stocks, jewelry, and other wealth
to their children and people that they love. It is
estimated that in the United States over $200 Billion each
year is passed down through inheritance to heirs and
beneficiaries. Through Wills and intestate laws, Texas
courts determine who are proper heirs and beneficiaries and
allow tremendous amounts of wealth to be inherited each
year. It is expected with our aging population, that the
amount of inheritance that will be passed through the United
States Probate System will continue to increase in the next
20 years as Trillions of Dollars in wealth will be passed on
through inheritance.
For this reason, many people
that have no experience with the Texas probate system will
be faced with numerous Texas Probate Law decisions on
estates with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars
worth of assets. It is therefore extremely important
to hire an experienced Texas Probate Lawyer that is able to
work with out of state or inexperienced heirs and
beneficiaries to handle estate probate issues.
Many Families have Spread Out
Across The United States and Throughout the World, Therefore
it is Often Helpful to Hire a Texas Probate Lawyer to Assist
with the Texas Probate Process and to Handle Estate Issues
Many families have spread out
throughout the United States and around the World. For
many families, gone is the time where several generations
live with in a few miles of each other in the same town, city,
or county. This disbursement of families can make it
difficult, when a family member in Texas passes away.
For the family member that
lives out of state and have never been through the Texas
probate process, Texas Probate Law and Texas Probate Courts
can be overwhelming. At a time when they want to
grieve the loss of their loved one, they are forced to deal
with difficult issues including:
1) Who
should be in control of their loved ones' estate?
2) What needs to be done to have an administrator or executor
appointed?
3) What is probate & non-probate property?
4) What should be done to protect estate property?
5) Is a Will necessary?
6) What can be done with Estate property? Can it
be sold or transferred?
It is often helpful to speak
with and hire a Texas probate lawyer to help take care of
many of the probate issues. A Texas probate lawyer can
help "out of town" relatives through the probate
process and taking care of the estate. This is
extremely helpful when relatives and loved ones want to
focus on the grieving process instead of learning Texas
Probate Law and navigating Texas Probate Courts.
Locating Unclaimed Texas
Wealth, Estate Assets, and Non-Probate Assets (Real
Estate, Oil Interests, Bank Accounts, & Stock)
In addition to what is
inherited, there is a significant amount of unclaimed wealth
including bank accounts, houses, oil interests, safety
deposit boxes, stocks, and other wealth that is forgotten
about. In our modern society families don't always live
close and some wealth is lost or forgotten. Death or
incapacity is not always anticipated and many people will
unfortunately loose track of stocks, bank accounts, oil
interests, and other wealth. It is a good idea to keep a
safety deposit box with an inventory of all your assets and
have people that you trust that can get access to your
safety deposit box should something happen to you.
It is also becoming more common
for family members not living close to a recently deceased
relative to not know how to handle a probate matter or have
enough money to clear title to property. In these instances
it is good to locate a local attorney that can assist in
appraising an estate including real estate and houses to
determine if it would be beneficial to probate an estate or
to determine the most efficient method to clear title to
property.
Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer, Jason Coomer helps
families evaluate the estates of their lost loved ones to
determine if a full probate is necessary and if so if the
probate is economically feasible.
Austin Texas Estate, Probate, and Inheritance Lawyer
Austin Texas
Probate Lawyer Jason Coomer handles Texas Probate matters
including
probating Wills, helping Executors,
drafting Wills,
contesting Wills,
filing Suits to Determine Rightful Heirs of property and
estates, filing Small Estate Affidavits, filing
Affidavits of Heirship,
filing Applications for Guardianships,
fighting Involuntary Guardianships, filing Guardianship
Reports,
filing breach of fiduciary duty claims, estate planning,
and
clearing title to property & assets.
What
Is a Will?
A Will is a
written legal declaration of a person's intentions which he
or she wants or wills to be performed after his or her
death. The Will makes dispositions of property, sets up
trusts, and establishes guardians upon a person's death.
Under Texas law a Will must identify the Testator, be
written with "testamentary intent", and be executed with
requisite testamentary formalities. It also requires that
the Testator have "testamentary capacity" including being of
sound mind. Unfortunately, there are many Wills that
do not comply with Texas law because of do it
yourself Will drafting kits and people that create their own
Wills that do not follow the formalities of a valid Will.
Still other Wills are lost or stolen and
have to be set aside. The first step in determining
what to do with someone's estate is to determine if they
have a Will and make sure that if you find the Will to put
it in a safe location.
What
Is a Will Probate?
A Will Probate is necessary to
validate a Will and appoint an executor or administrator to
handle the estate. Many times a Will Probate is an
uncontested hearing that allows an executor named in a Will
to obtain letters of administration in order to begin to
manage that estate and begin to prepare the inventory of the
estate.
What is a Will Contest?
A Will Contest occurs when
there is something wrong with a Will. In some
instances the Testator did not have actual "testamentary
capacity" or "testamentary intent" to draft a proper Will.
In such a situation the Will is not valid and interested
parties including a beneficiary
or heir that was disinherited or lost inheritance through the invalid Will can
contest the Will as being invalid.
What are Common Grounds
for a Will
Contests?
There are several reasons that a Will may
be contested including 1) the Will was written under the
influence from another person, 2) the Decedent was not of
sound mind when the Will was written, 3) the Will is a
forged or fraudulent document, 4) the Will is not up to date
and leaves out children or does not take into account a
divorce or remarriage, 5) the Will was not witnessed or
signed correctly, and 6) the Will was improperly done and
does not comply with Texas law.
When can a Will Be
Contested?
The Texas Probate Code gives interested persons two years
after a Will has been admitted to probate to institute a
suit to contest a Will. There are two exceptions to
this rule that can extend this statute of limitations beyond two
years. These exceptions include 1) contests based upon
forgery or fraud or 2) contests brought on behalf of an incapacitated
person (such as a minor) who recovers capacity.
Austin Texas Will Probate Lawyer, Austin Texas Will Contest
Lawyer, and
Austin Texas Estate Lawyer Handles Texas Probate Lawsuits and
Texas Estate Lawsuits for Texas and
Out of State Beneficiaries and Heirs as well as Grieving
Loved Ones
(Texas Will, Estate, and Probate Lawyer Jason Coomer)
Austin Texas
Will Probate and
Estate Lawyer, Jason Coomer handles handles Will
Probate Lawsuits, Estate Lawsuits, and
contested Will Lawsuits in Travis County, Williamson County,
Bexar County, and Hays County as well as works with
other Texas probate lawyers across Texas including
Dallas County, Harris County, Fort Bend County, and
Tarrant County works to draft Wills and
Trusts to protect the wishes and best interests of his
clients. He works with Houston Estate and Probate Lawyers,
Dallas Probate and Estate Lawyers, and several other Texas Probate
and Estate
Lawyer. For questions on Texas Will Contests, please
e-mail Austin Texas Estate Attorney Jason S. Coomer at
TexasEstateLawyer@texaslawyers.com or
use our contact submission form.
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