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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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Estate Planning & Probate

Being Escheated Out of Your Inheritance – Abandoned Property Laws

The State of Texas does not want your inheritance. It may end up with it anyway.   Blame it on Chapter 551, an obscure part of...
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Business Law

The Afterlife of Businesses

Starting a business is easy. Having it outlive you is surprisingly hard.  Let’s take a moment and discuss the afterlife of your business – as...
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Elder Law

Long-Term Care Residents Gain An Advocate

The list seems endless: poor care, lack of responsiveness, inedible food, over-medication, discharging residents without notice or a care plan, little communication about treatment...
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Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning

The Millennial Reality Check

Millennials and Gen X, listen up. Estate planning is not merely for the elderly.  Covid has taught us that, if nothing else. Consider that one-fourth...
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Estate Planning & Probate

The Smaldino Case: Tax Court Opinion Leads to Estate Planning Angst

Just in time for Christmas, the tax court has handed down an opinion that gives us abject lessons in gifting, blended families, entity formalities,...
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Elder Law

Acting By the Rules Crucial for Agents

This column is for everyone who has been named or is serving as an agent under a Texas financial power of attorney. The following...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Intentional Gifting – Making Your Life Count

This may come as a shock, but most of us have gotten gifting wrong for years.   The problem is that we associate gifts with traditional...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Moving to Texas? Estate Planning Update is a Must

If you moved to Texas from a foreign state – defined as “anywhere but Texas” – then you need to update your estate planning...
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Real Estate

Homestead Property Tax Exemptions

Don't Pay More Than Your Fair Share You may have noticed that your home value has sky-rocketed in the last two years. Know who else...
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Estate Planning & Probate

Deadlines Loom for the Recently Widowed

Dear New Widow(er): Your friends here at the federal government join me in sending condolences for your loss. We want you to know we are...
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Estate Planning & Probate

The Art of the Claim: Arduous Probate Process Unfriendly for Creditors

Had Sun Tzu been a 21st century lawyer rather than an ancient Chinese military strategist, he would have applauded the claims system used in...
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Legal Talk

Court Rules on Scary Costume Contribution

The time was Halloween night. The year was 1921. The setting was a public streetcar located in Fort Worth, Texas. Two boys, dressed in clown costumes,...
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*Virginia Hammerle, Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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