2016 The Year In Review: Estate Planning And Probate Law

Date

2017

Authors

Beyer, Gerry W.

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Bar Journal

Abstract

A brief update on topics that were explored by Texas courts during 2016. The review covers the major lessons to be learned from the decisions rendered in probate cases during the latter part of 2015 and 2016. Starting with three cases from the Texas Supreme Court.

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Keywords

Common disaster, Equitable bills of review, Personal representative, Tortious inference with inheritance rights, Estoppel, Muniment of title, Unstated motivation for disinheritance, Estate planning, Probate law

Citation

80 Tex. B.J. 28