by Steve Spitzer | Jun 22, 2023
The State of Texas has created will forms that are free and available for public use. Opinions differ on whether this is a good thing. Legislative mandate A state law from 2015 requires the Texas Supreme Court to create simple will forms. After much effort, draft...
by Steve Spitzer | Mar 1, 2023
The family allowance is paid from estate funds to the surviving spouse and sometimes to other qualified dependents. In most estates, the allowance is not a factor because all or most of the estate goes to the surviving spouse. The spousal allowance usually comes up...
by Steve Spitzer | Dec 20, 2022
Larry King died in 2021 at age 87 after a hospitalization for COVID-19. He hosted the “Larry King Live” show on CNN for 25 years. King interviewed countless people on 6,000+ episodes of the show from 1985 to 2010. King’s will King’s net worth was estimated at $144...
by Steve Spitzer | Jun 7, 2022
Britney Spears reached the top of the pop music charts in 1998 at age 16. In 2008, a guardianship was set up that controlled her finances and personal life for the next 13 years. The guardianship, called a conservatorship in California, came after Spears experienced a...
by Steve Spitzer | Mar 27, 2022
A Texas appellate court recently included the surviving spouse’s IRA in the probate inventory and awarded half of it to the heirs of the deceased spouse. At death, the community estate divides 50/50 between the surviving spouse and the deceased spouse’s estate. That...
