tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74069741632384448392024-03-14T01:18:41.805-07:00TexasLawyers Probate Lawyer BlogJason S. Coomer Texas Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510369526497807286noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406974163238444839.post-45911290506564996022018-04-07T16:35:00.002-07:002018-04-07T16:35:31.743-07:00Austin Texas Inherited Real Property Can Often Become Trapped and Be Lost to Taxes Unless a Texas Probate Lawyer Helps Clear Title to the Property by Austin Texas Inherited Real Property Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><u>Austin Texas Inherited Real Property Can Often Become Trapped and be Lost to Taxes Unless a Texas Probate Lawyer Helps Clear Title to the Property by Austin Texas Inherited Real Property
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After a family member dies, their real property can often become stuck in the inheritance process and if proper action is not taken it can be lost to foreclosure. This situation is especially common when the person dies without a Will and leaves no instructions as to what they want done with their possessions after they die. For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page: <a href="https://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/texasstressedpropertylawyer.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" target="_blank"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Texas Stressed Real Property Lawyer and Texas Trapped Real Property Lawyer Information</b>.</a></div>
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<b><u>Austin Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer Represents Heirs and Beneficiaries Who Need Contingent and Hybrid Contracts to Transfer and Collect Inheritance</u></b></div>
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In some situations family assets cannot get transferred or collected by
their rightful heirs or beneficiaries because the heirs and
beneficiaries cannot afford the cost of probate and other transfer
costs. In these situations, a Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer or Texas
Contingent Death Benefit Lawyer that works on a percentage of the estate
property can help heirs and beneficiaries transfer estate property to
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In these situations, the Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer or Texas
Contingent Death Benefit Lawyer will typically need to see that there
are actual significant assets in the estate and who the rightful heirs
and beneficiaries are of the estate. In these cases, bank statements,
life insurance policies, royalty statements, mutual fund statements,
retirement fund statements, real property deeds, property tax
information, and other evidence of the estate assets can be useful in
determining the approximate value of the estate and if a contingent
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For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page: <a href="https://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/texascontingentprobatelawyer.htm" target="_blank"><b>Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer Information</b></a>. </div>
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<u><b>Central Texas Real Estate Probate Transfers: Families Usually Need
Assistance Transfering Texas Real Property Through the Texas Probate
Process by Central Texas Real Estate Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u></div>
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More and more retirees are deciding to buy real property in the Texas Hill Country
and the Central Texas area. For some it is a perfect dream to live in
the Texas Hill Country with beautiful views including great lake
property by Lake Travis, Lake LBJ, Canyon Lake, Lake Buchanan, and Lake
Austin as well as great hill country property with great views of the Texas Hill Country. There are several great home sites on which to build dream homes and many residential communities near excellent health services and other amenities. For these and many other reasons, real estate
around the Austin and Central Texas area including Lakeway, Bee Cave,
Lago Vista, San Marcos, Spicewood, Marble Falls, and Johnson City is selling rapidly and increasing in value.<br />
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<u><b>When a Loved One Dies or Becomes Incompetent a Texas Probate Lawyer Is Usually Needed to Transfer or Sell Real Property</b></u><br />
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However, when a loved one becomes incompetent or dies owning real property in Texas, their
families are often not close enough to know of a good Central Texas
probate lawyer to help the family transfer their loved one's real estate through the probate process. It is common for lake property, lake homes, hill country homes, condos, and other real
property to get stuck going through the Texas probate process. Knowing a good Central Texas
probate lawyer that handles probate matters in Travis County, Llano
County, Blanco County, Burnett County, Hays County, Williamson County,
Comal County, Bexar County, Bastrop County, and Fayette County can save a significant amount of money and wealth after a loved one dies or becomes incompetent. It is often important to a have a Central Texas Probate Lawyer who knows how to transfer real property through an ancillary probate or Texas probate proceeding or know how to establish a guardianship.<br />
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By working with a good Central Texas probate lawyer that handles probate
matters in Travis County, Llano County, Blanco County, Burnett County,
Hays County, Williamson County, Comal County, Bexar County, Bastrop
County, and Fayette County, families and friends of the decedent that
live outside of Central Texas or the state of Texas, can often act as
the executor or administrator of their loved one's estate, save a significant amount of wealth, and minimize
the number of trips needed to be made to take care of estate and probate matters. <br />
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For more information on this issue, please go to the following web page: <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/centraltexasinheritancelawyer.htm" target="_blank">Central Texas Inheritance Lawyer and Central Texas Real Estate Transfer Lawyer</a>.
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Jason S. Coomer Texas Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510369526497807286noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406974163238444839.post-82099103393735306612012-12-16T00:07:00.001-08:002012-12-16T00:07:05.284-08:00Estate Tax Increase Would Add Billions In Revenue, Say Wealthy Progressives<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/estate-tax-increase-revenue_n_2278445.html">Estate Tax Increase Would Add Billions In Revenue, Say Wealthy Progressives</a><br />
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WASHINGTON - A coalition of three dozen ultra-wealthy progressives, including billionaire Warren Buffett, former President Jimmy Carter, philanthropist George Soros and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, launched a new effort Tuesday to press members of Congress and the White House to raise the estate tax in order to provide additional revenue for the federal budget.<br />
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"A substantial estate tax can provide revenues at a time when our federal government badly needs revenues … and the estate tax will do this without an adverse effect," Rubin said on a conference call organized by the <a href="http://faireconomy.org/sites/default/files/2012%20Estate%20Tax%20Sign%20On%20Statement%202.pdf" target="_hplink">progressive group, Responsible Wealth</a>.<br />
Jason S. Coomer Texas Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510369526497807286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406974163238444839.post-90244396773525713892012-08-06T08:57:00.000-07:002012-08-06T08:59:02.366-07:00The 2012 Federal Estate Tax Exemption Allows Individuals to Pass $5.12 Million and Couples to Pass $10.24 Million to Loved Ones Without Having to Pay a Federal Estate Tax by Austin Texas Estate Planning Lawyer and Austin Texas Family Wealth Protection Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Federal Estate Tax currently allows a person that has not used their life time gift tax exemption to give away money assets up to the Federal Estate Tax Exemption at death
without charging any tax on that amount. The Federal Estate Tax Exemption for 2012 is $5.12 million which means that in 2012 only estates valued over $5.12
million will be charged a Federal inheritance tax and those estates over $5.12 million will only pay a 35% Federal inheritance tax on assets over the $5.12 million exemption.<br />
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For example a person that has an estate valued at $7.12 million and has not used any of their life time gift tax would be
subject to the Federal Estate Tax on $2 million and would have to pay approximately $700,000.00 in estate taxes.<br />
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However, it should be kept in mind that for 2012 the Federal Estate Tax Exemption has become portable. As such, each spouse has $5.12 million that can in many case be added together to create a $10.24 million Federal Estate Tax Exemption. In other words, the estate of a deceased spouse can transfer to the surviving spouse any
portion of the federal estate tax exemption that it does not use. The
surviving spouse’s estate can then add that amount to the exemption it
is entitled to, increasing the total amount that can be passed on to
heirs tax free.<br />
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For example a married couple that has an estate valued at $10.24 million, has not used any of their life time gift tax, and properly uses the portability of the Federal Estate Tax Exemption would not have to pay any Federal estate tax. Likewise, the same married couple with an estate of $12.24 would be
subject to the Federal Estate Tax on $2 million and would have to pay approximately $700,000.00 in estate taxes. <br />
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Families interested in protecting their wealth should stay advised as to changes in the law that could impact their ability to protect their family's wealth. One such change may be the change in the Federal Estate Tax Exemption that may automatically take place at the end of 2012, unless new legislation is passed.<br />
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<u><b>Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts by Austin Texas Trust Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</b></u><br />
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By creating a revocable or irrevocable trust, families can often protect
their wealth from taxes, Medicaid and public disclosure, however, it is
important to understand the type of trust that is being created and
potential dangers of creating a trust prior to placing assets in a
trust. <br />
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The main danger of a trusts is losing control of assets. In creating a
trust you are moving ownership of assets from yourself to a trust and
are avoiding public disclosure of information. Both of these actions
can create the potential for a trustee or successor trustee to take
control of assets.<br />
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<u><b>The Revocable Living Trust Can Prevent Public Disclosure of Asset Information By Avoiding Probate or a Guardianship</b></u>
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The Revocable Living Trust is an arrangement by which a person transfers
ownership of their assets property into a trust throughout the course
of their lifetime. The person or persons transferring their assets are
know as the Settlor is typically the Trustee and the Beneficiary of the
trust during his/her life. This allows the Settlor to retain control of
their assets as Trustee or to revoke the trust altogether and go back to
managing the assets as an individual. The main benefit of a Revocable
Living Trust is that it can avoid the need for probate or a guardianship
that would require the public disclosure of assets. However, this
privacy and lack of disclosure can also create potential dangers
including successor trustees trying to take the settlor's trust assets
through incompetence challenges and successor trustees not distributing
trust assets to beneficiaries. Understanding the trust and giving
copies of the trust document to all beneficiaries are typically
important to protect from problems with successor trustees.<br />
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<u><b>Irrevocable Trusts Can Help Protect Family Assets But Restrict A Person's Future Use of The Assets Put Into The Trust</b></u><br />
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Irrevocable Trusts including Medicaid Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance
Trusts (ILITs) and other irrevocable trusts limit the control of the
settlor over the assets put into the trust in order for the trust to
accomplish a particular purpose. These trusts can be beneficial
including allowing a person to qualify for Medicaid benefits without
draining a family's assets or avoid estate tax implications, but the
irrevocable trust can also result in a person losing control of their
assets. <br />
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It is vitally important that any person creating an irrevocable trust
understand why the trust is being created and the future limitations
that will be on their assets once the irrevocable trust is created.</div>
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in Billions of Dollars Being Stolen From Seniors and Their
Families <i>by Texas Elder Financial Abuse Fraud Lawyer,
Texas Guardian Fraud Lawyer, Texas Trust Fraud Lawyer, Texas
Family Inheritance Fraud Lawyer,
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Texas Alleged Elder Financial Abuse Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></b></u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Financial
elder abuse and financial fraud against the elderly are on
the rise and was estimated to be at approximately $3 Billion
in 2010. More and more elderly persons are becoming
victims of financial fraud and financial elder abuse.
Many of these acts of financial fraud, financial elder
abuse, and exploitation of the elderly are committed by
family members and caretakers that have access to an elderly
person's finances. While some of these financial
transfers are authorized by the elderly person, many are
not. </span><br />
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Caretaker, Stock Broker, Financial Planner, or Financial
Adviser <i>by Texas Guardian Fraud
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Elder Financial Abuse Fraud Lawyer and
Texas Alleged Elder Financial Abuse Lawyer</i></b></u><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A recent study has found that
Financial Elder Abuse and financial fraud against the
elderly are on the rise. Further, that most elder
financial abuse crimes involve a family member, financial
planner, financial adviser, or caretaker.
This elder financial abuse and fraud is most commonly
committed against woman over 80 years old</span>. This
financial exploitation of elderly persons can include
changes in investments; buying real property and vehicles
for people; large cash withdraws; selling inherited real
estate; gifting mineral interests;
excessive use of ATM or credit cards; unnatural changes in a
will, power of attorney, beneficiary designations or
financial documents; documents signed under duress; theft of
valuables or money; transfers of money, mineral interests,
oil royalties, or assets; forgery of checks, financial
transaction documents, or other documents; isolation from
family, friends, community, or other stable relationships;
and use of medications to subdue the elderly person.</div>
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For more information on Texas Elder Financial Fraud, please go to the following website: <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/texaselderfinancialabuselawyer.htm" target="_blank">Texas Elder Financial Abuse Fraud Lawyer, Texas Guardian Fraud Lawyer, Texas Trust Fraud Lawyer, Texas Family Inheritance Fraud Lawyer, and Texas Alleged Elder Financial Abuse Lawyer. </a></div>
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Families have Spread Out Across The United States and Throughout
the World, Therefore it is Often Helpful to Hire a Texas Probate
Lawyer to Assist with the Texas Probate Process and to Handle Texas Inheritance and
Estate Issues </span></b></u><u><b><i>by Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer, Texas Will Probate Lawyer, Austin Texas Probate Lawyer
and Austin Texas Estate Asset Collection Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></b></u></div>
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families have spread out throughout the United States and around
the World. For many families, gone is the time where several
generations live with in a few miles of each other in the same
town, city, or county. This lack of proximity can make it
difficult, when a family member in Texas passes away. For the family
member that lives out of state and has never been through the
Texas probate process, Texas probate law and Texas probate courts
can be overwhelming. At a time when they want to grieve the
loss of their loved one, they are forced to deal with difficult
probate issues including:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> 1) Who should be in control of their loved ones' estate?<br />
2) What needs to be done to have an administrator or executor appointed?<br />
3) What is probate & non-probate property?<br />
4) What should be done to protect estate property?<br />
5) How are estate assets collected?<br />
6) What can be done with Estate property? </span></div>
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is often helpful to speak with and hire a Texas probate lawyer to
help take care of many of the probate issues. A Texas probate
lawyer can help "out of town" relatives through the probate
process and taking care of the estate. This is extremely helpful
when relatives and loved ones want to focus on the grieving
process instead of learning Texas Probate Law and navigating Texas
Probate Courts. Hiring a Texas contested probate lawyer can also be
extremely important when someone has tried or may try to unlawfully take
estate assets that do not belong to them. </span></div>
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</div>Jason S. Coomer Texas Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510369526497807286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406974163238444839.post-12367784235420824692012-05-20T09:27:00.003-07:002012-05-20T09:27:42.359-07:00The Texas Eagle Ford Shale Is Expected to Bring Wealth To Many Texas Families, However Title Issues, Probate Issues, and Inheritance Issues May Cost Some Significant Wealth and Their Rightful Inheritance by Texas Eagle Ford Shale Oil Royalty Lawyer, Texas Eagle Ford Shale Inheritance Lawyer, Texas Eagle Ford Shale Mineral Interest Lawyer, & Texas Eagle Ford Shale Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Texas Eagle Ford Shale Is Expected to Bring Wealth To Many Texas Families, However Title Issues, Probate Issues, and Inheritance Issues May Cost Some Significant Wealth and Their Rightful Inheritance<i>
by Texas Eagle Ford Shale Oil Royalty Lawyer, Texas Eagle
Ford Shale Inheritance Lawyer, Texas Eagle Ford
Shale Mineral Interest Lawyer, & Texas Eagle Ford Shale Probate
Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></b></u></div>
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Ford Shale in central Texas promises to bring a large amount
of money to the owners of real estate in the Eagle Ford
Shale region including mineral right owners, royalty
interest owners, and working interest owners. However,
determining the rightful owners of Texas real estate and
mineral interests is not always easy. Title to mineral interests, royalties, and real
estate can be clouded or contested by probate issues, tax
issues, will fraud, inheritance issues, real estate fraud, and transfer issues. Understanding these issues and obtaining clear title to property will be crucial for many families in being able to collect wealth. </span></div>
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Mineral Interest Intestate Law, Texas Oil Royalty Inheritance
Lawsuits, and Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawsuits </span></b></u><u><b><i>by Texas Eagle Ford Shale Inheritance Lawyer, Texas Inheritance Lawyer, Texas Oil Inheritance Lawyer, & Texas Oil Probate
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Determining who inherits a
person's property and possessions under Texas intestate law
(died without a Will), often depends on whether the person
was married at the time of their death and the relatives
that the person leaves behind. Marriage can be a complicating
factor in determining inheritance under Texas law because
intestate inheritance is based on the nature of the property
as either community property or separate property as
well as the make up of the decedent's family including
children and surviving heirs.
For more information on Texas Inheritance of Oil Royalties,
Mineral Interests, and Real Estate please go to the
following Web Page on <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/Texasintestatelawyer.htm">
Texas Heirship Laws and Determining Heirs when no Valid Will
exists</a>.</span></div>
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Contest Lawsuits, Texas Oil Royalty Breach of Fiduciary
Duty Executor Fraud Lawsuits,
and Texas Real Estate Will Lawsuits </span></b></u><u><b><i> by Texas Eagle Ford Will Probate Lawyer, Central Texas Will Probate Lawyer, Texas Eagle Ford Probate Lawyer, & Austin Texas Will Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">After a
person dies, the Will and a death certificate need to be
filed in the probate court or county court where the
decedent resided when they died. After both the Will and
Death Certificate are filed with the proper court, a hearing
has to held where the death of the decedent is proven, the
Will is to be determined to be valid, and the executor is
sworn in and appointed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This process
is called probate a Will. It is often helpful to have a
probate lawyer assist at the executor at court in proving
that the decedent actually died, the Will is valid, and the
executor is qualified and able to serve as the executor.
Once the Will is probated and the executor is appointed the
probate attorney assists in making sure that proper notices
are given to creditors, locating assets, and preparing an
inventory which needs to be filed with the court. For more
information on Texas Will Probate Proceedings feel free to
go to our web page on <a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/texaswillcontestlawyer.htm">Central Texas Will Probate Lawyer</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A Will Contest occurs when
there is something wrong with a Will. In some
instances the Testator did not have actual "testamentary
capacity" or "testamentary intent" to draft a proper Will.
In such a situation the Will is not valid and interested
parties including a beneficiary
or heir that was disinherited or lost inheritance through the invalid Will can
contest the Will as being invalid. For more
information on Will Contests go to our web page on
<a href="http://www.texaslawyers.com/coomer/texaswillcontestlawyer.htm">Texas Will Contest
Lawsuits</a>.</span></div>
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<u><b>The Texas Eagle Ford Shale Will Bring Fraud, Probate Issues, and Inheritance
Issues: Families Should be Careful To Protect Their Mineral Interests and Rightful Inheritance<i>
by Texas Eagle Ford Shale Probate Lawyer, Texas Eagle
Ford Shale Inheritance Theft Lawyer, Texas Eagle Ford
Shale Clear Title Lawyer, & Texas Eagle Ford Shale Probate Litigation
Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></b></u></div>
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The Eagle Ford Shale is a large deposit of black calcareous shale with a high
organic carbon content that outcrops in a
northeast-southwest trending band through central Texas. In
2008 new technologies were used to start production on the
Eagle Ford Shale which started a rush of Texas landmen to
begin leasing mineral rights and
drilling companies to begin drilling on the Eagle Ford
Shale. Eagle Ford Shale drilling technology typically
requires both horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing
to increase production and make the well profitable. The
high carbonate content of the Eagle Ford Shale makes the
brittle rock respond favorably to hydraulic fracturing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">There are numerous Texas Landmen
and Oil Companies that are and have offered leases with oil lease bonuses,
royalty interests, and other terms to clear title owners of mineral interests. If your family owns substantial land on the Eagle Ford Shale, be careful in dealing directly with Texas Landmen and Oil Companies as some may be attempting to buy mineral interests at a very low price when the value of the mineral interests may be substantial. Also, be aware of probate and inheritance issues that may cause title issues or allow fraudulent individuals to steal rightful inheritance.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div>
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</div>Jason S. Coomer Texas Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510369526497807286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406974163238444839.post-83543002882154654402012-05-14T15:21:00.005-07:002012-05-14T15:21:48.804-07:00A Tremendous Amount of Wealth Will Pass Through the Probate Process and Inheritance in the Next 20 Years: Each Year Over $200 Billion Currently Passes Through Inheritance and in the Future Trillions of Dollars Will Be Transferred Through Inheritance by Texas Probate Lawyer, Texas Inheritance Lawyer, and Texas Probate Litigation Lawyer Jason S. Coomer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><b> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A
Tremendous Amount of Wealth Will Pass Through the Probate Process and
Inheritance in the Next 20 Years: Each Year Over $200 Billion
Currently Passes Through Inheritance and in the Future Trillions of
Dollars Will Be Transferred Through Inheritance <i>by Texas Probate Lawyer, Texas Inheritance Lawyer, and Texas Probate Litigation Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">It
is estimated that in the United States over $200 Billion each
year is passed down through inheritance to heirs and
beneficiaries. It is expected with our aging population, that the
amount of inheritance that will be passed through the the probate
system and inheritance in the United States will continue to
increase in the next 20 years as Trillions of Dollars in wealth
will be passed on through inheritance. </span>Often the transfer
of this wealth can be disputed and hotly contested by family members as
well as opportunists that are attempting to steal family wealth
resulting in heated litigation battles. The key to avoiding these
heated legal battles that can rip families apart or to winning probate
legal battles is proper estate planning and entrusting the right people
with fiduciary duties. However, this can often be difficult because
many people do not like to contemplate their own death and it is often
difficult to foresee changes in relationships and circumstances that
take place five, ten, or twenty years in the future.</div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Hiring An Experienced Texas Probate Lawyer Can Help Protect Family Wealth From Theft, Fraud, and Loss <i>by Texas Probate Lawyer, Texas Inheritance Lawyer, and Texas Probate Litigation Lawyer Jason S. Coomer</i></span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Through
Wills and intestate laws, Texas courts will determine who are
the proper heirs and beneficiaries to a tremendous amount of wealth
including commercial property, mineral interests, vacation homes,
stocks, bonds, golds, and other valuables. For this reason, many people
that have no experience with the probate process or inheritance
will be faced with numerous decisions regarding family
inheritance. They will be making probate decisions regarding estates
with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars worth of
assets. It is therefore extremely important to hire an
experienced Texas Probate Lawyer that is able to clearly explain the
probate process and be able to help guide the grieving family through
the probate court. This is especially true for inexperienced heirs and
beneficiaries as well a family members that do not live in Texas
or in the United States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">All too often families will avoid the discussions of end of life wishes and guardianship issues until an urgent life and death decision needs to be made. At that time, family members will face difficult decisions and can sometimes start fighting over emergency life and death decisions of their loved one. These end of life guardianship
battles can be extremely nasty and permanently rip families apart. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">As such, it is typically best to have a
Texas Directive to Physicians or Advance Directives (formerly called
Living Will). It is a written statement of your wishes regarding
the use, withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment,
nutrition and hydration. If you have a terminal condition and are
incapable of making decisions for yourself at that time, this medical directive will help guide your family as to how you wish to proceed.
Additionally, you may want to designate a person or persons that
know your specific wishes with a Medical Power of Attorney,
Springing Durable Power of Attorney, and HIPPA Authorization. Anyone that goes into a hospital for surgery should probably have a person that can watch out over them in
the hospital and make sure that they have the above documents just
in case. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Below is an interesting article on end of life issues that provides an interesting perspective on this topic.</span> </h3>
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Death With Dignity: How Doctors Die - Mind & Body - Utne Reader</h3>
"Almost all medical professionals have seen what we call “futile care”
being performed on people near the end of life. The patient will get cut
open, perforated with tubes, hooked up to machines, and assaulted with
drugs. All of this occurs in the intensive care unit at a cost of tens
of thousands of dollars a day. What it buys is misery we would not
inflict on a terrorist. I cannot count the number of times fellow
physicians have told me, “Promise me if you find me like this that
you’ll kill me.”<br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.utne.com/mind-body/death-with-dignity-zm0z12mjzros.aspx#ixzz1u1AKaCH8" style="color: #003399;">http://www.utne.com/mind-body/death-with-dignity-zm0z12mjzros.aspx#ixzz1u1AKaCH8</a></div>
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