Key 2025 Texas Laws That Affect Seniors  You may have noticed that the Texas Legislature met in 2025 for its 89th Legislative Session. They meet every two years, whether it is needed or not. As of June 19, 2025, the Texas Governor still had a pile of bills on his desk to sign, veto, or let go into law without his signature.  Here are a few bills that have been signed....

Texas Legislative Session by the Numbers The Texas Legislature completed the 89th regular session with impressive volume:  8,719 bills filed 1,210 sent to the Governor As of June 12, 2025, the Governor had signed 370 bills, allowed 24 bills to take effect without his signature, and vetoed 2 bills.  New Laws Seniors Should Pay Attention To For Texas lawyers, keeping up with legal changes is no easy task—it’s like trying to stop Bubba...

Differences Among Texas Statutes Confusing The Texas statutes are proudly laid out in an orderly sequence. Laws about families are found in the Family Code, laws about guardianship, probates, and inheritance reside in the Estates Code, and laws about things such as birth certificates can be found nestled within the Health & Safety Code. Helpfully, each one of these codes contains definitions, too.  The trouble is that those definitions – and...