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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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Legal Talk

Zombies and Werewolves – The Undead in Texas

If you regularly worry about being overcome by walkers, geeks, biters, infected, lamebrains, roamers and rotters, then Halloween may just be your favorite day...
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News

Introducing Attorney Shayna R. Sanborn

Shayna Sanborn has practiced Family Law since 2004. She has a Masters in Social Work which is invaluable as she counsels individuals during difficult...
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Estate Planning

Yours, Mine and Ours – Texas Community Property Explained 

Flowers, puppies, rainbows, music – just wanted you to have a happy moment before we waded into the law regarding community and separate property. Texas...
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Legal Talk

Determining Heirs – Deciphering the Law of Descent and Distribution

The Texas law of descent and distribution is a bit complex so, just for fun, let’s kill off Bob, an imaginary person who lacked...
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Estate Planning

Freezing Out Seniors – New Financial Exploitation Law Has Protections and Risks

Meet the brand-new Chapter 280 of the Texas Finance Code, effective September 1, 2017. You need to know about this one. Going by the catchy...
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Legal Talk

Predators and Prey – Addressing Elder Exploitation

How is it that the very actions one associates with doing good can just as easily be flipped to do evil? You don’t have to...
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Estate Planning

A New Kind of Kin – Equitable Adoption Comes of Age

Hidden among the many provisions of the Texas Estates Code is a little statutory gem called “Definitions.” There one can find helpful information about...
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Estate Planning

The New Power of a Power of Attorney Change in Texas Law Creates Planning Opportunities

Texas estate planners have long known a dirty little secret: the durable power of attorney has the legal substance of a wisp of smoke....
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Legal Talk

Banking On a Final Resting Place – Perpetual Care Cemeteries Must Operate By the Rules

Cue the jokes: in Texas, perpetual care cemeteries are supervised by the Texas Department of Banking. The Department of Banking also supervises prepaid funeral...
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Wills & Trusts

The Missing Trust – What to Do When the Trust Document Disappears

For many, many years  –  from the stone age through 2011, to be exact  –  attorneys in Texas regularly recommended trusts to their clients...
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Probate

The Plight of Burial Plots

Little known laws are the light of a litigator’s life. Example: the law of cemetery plots. The right to be buried in a certain plot is...
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Probate

X Marks The Spot – Valid Signatures For Wills In Texas

Rubber stamps, marks and initials: are these valid signatures? They are if you are signing a will in Texas. Let’s start with the basics. A...
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