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Virginia Hammerle

Virginia Hammerle is a contributing columnist to The Dallas Morning News and writes weekly articles and blogs on legal issues confronting seniors and their families.
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Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning

Different Types of Trusts in Estate Planning

A trust is simply a contract between a “trustee,” who manages the trust, and a “grantor,” who establishes the trust. It is set up...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Hit by a Semi – Trusts Imposed in Secret

Trusts can pop up in the darndest places. Take wills, for example. In one case, Sam, a lawyer, drafted a will for his long-time friend...
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Elder Law

Indecision Time – You, Medicare and the Insurance Companies

It’s beginning to look a lot like Medicare open enrollment time. The 2021 dates are October 15 to December 7. Don’t bother to look at...
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Estate Planning & Probate

The Morning After – Executor’s Role After a Death

If you have never served as an executor of a will, then you probably have no idea what your official duties are in the...
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Elder Law

Do Not Pass Go – New Considerations for Agents and Family

If you have any dealings with a person aged 65 or older, you need to get your hands on a copy of the new...
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Estate Planning & Probate

The Two Most Important Documents of Your Life – Court Cases Lead to Changes

Karen Ann Quinlan. Karen Cruzan. Terry Schiavo. These 3 women are associated with court cases involving the right to die.  Right to Die Cases In 1975, Karen...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Dividing Family Possessions: A Perilous Process

My husband comes from a large, loving, boisterous family. Growing up they were anything but wealthy; it was the kind of household where there...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Never Say Never – Can You Revoke an Irrevocable Trust?

How do you spell “relief” in 2021?     F-L-E-X-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y. As in travel, work location, masking, and estate plans.   Estate plans?  Unfortunately, yes. Many estate plans originated decades...
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Legal Talk

You Know What You Know – Actual and Constructive Notice Confuses the Best

What do you know?  It is a fair question to which the law gives an unfair answer. Under the law, you are charged with knowing...
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Estate Planning & Probate

When Your Ex is X’d Out: Divorce Triggers Automatic Revocations

Call it the law of unintended consequences.  A final divorce, which is certainly consequential, can have all sorts of surprising consequences. Some might be welcome,...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Murder, Mayhem and In-Laws – Purposeful Conditional Bequests

Don’t let the grave stop you from harassing a boorish in-law.  Texas thinks it is a fine idea. It is completely legal to write your...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Five “Secret” Laws that Could Undermine Your Estate Plan

Lurking just beneath the surface of every will are the “secret” terms – those default provisions that the law helpfully inserts when the document...
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