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		<title>Do half siblings have the same inheritance rights as whole siblings?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of who inherits when a person dies has to deal with all of the various forms of today&#8217;s families.  Families may consist of parents and step-parents, brothers and sisters, step-brothers and sisters and half-brothers and sisters. This post discusses the issue of the inheritance rights of whole and half brothers and sisters or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/do-half-siblings-have-the-same-inheritance-rights-as-whole-siblings/</link>
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		<title>Inheritance Rights of Illegitimate Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inheritance laws give illegitimate children, or what the courts sometimes refer to as non-marital children, the same inheritance rights as legitimate children. The laws of inheritance determine who inherits if there is no will, if a will has been contested and denied probate or if the will does not dispose of all of the property. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/inheritance-rights-of-illegitimate-children/</link>
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		<title>Inheritance Rights of Adopted Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Generally, in Texas, adopted children have the same inheritance rights as naturally born children. That means that they inherit from and through their adoptive parents. &#8220;Through their adoptive parents&#8221; means that if the parent of the adoptive parent dies after the adoptive parent, the adopted child will inherit from the grandparent to the same extent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/inheritance-rights-of-adopted-children/</link>
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		<title>Inheritance involving a pretermitted child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pretermitted child is a child who is: born or adopted after a parent&#8217;s will is executed, and who is not otherwise provide for by the parent. A pretermitted child takes a share of his parent&#8217;s estate even though he is not mentioned in the will. A recent inheritance case out of Dallas dealt with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/inheritance-involving-a-pretermitted-child/</link>
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		<title>Can a murderer inherit his victim&#8217;s property?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legally, he can. Practically, he can&#8217;t. The Texas State Constitution has a provision that says &#8220;&#8221;No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate.&#8221; The Texas Probate Code §41(d) is similar. Those two provisions have been interpreted to allow a murderer to inherit from his victim. However, the courts have allowed the heirs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/can-a-murderer-inherit-his-victims-property/</link>
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		<title>In a will, when does &#8220;till she dies&#8221; mean forever?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inheritance cases sometimes present unusual problems. A man left a holographic will. The entire will read &#8220;Last Will &#38; testament Debbie gets everything till she dies. Being of sound mind &#38; this is my w. last will &#38; testament. I leave to my Wife Daphne Craigen all p. real &#38; personal property. 12-17-99 Dalton Craigen.&#8221; Everyone involved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/in-a-will-when-does-till-she-dies-mean-forever/</link>
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		<title>Does your wife or husband get part of your inheritance when you divorce?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is no. The long answer is, it depends. Texas is a community property state. That means that a husband and wife have community property and separate property. Separate property is everything acquired before marriage and everything acquired during marriage by gift or inheritance. Everything else is community property. At the termination of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/does-your-wife-or-husband-get-part-of-your-inheritance-when-you-divorce/</link>
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		<title>Elder Financial Abuse &#8211; Signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States government&#8217;s Administration on Aging, a part of the U.S. Department of Health &#38; Human Services, identifies the major types of elder abuse such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, financial abuse, etc. A type of abuse identified by the U.S. government that is seen too often in probate and inheritance matters is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/elder-financial-abuse-signs/</link>
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		<title>What damages are available for breach of a fiduciary duty?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Supreme Court decided a case in 2010 that answered the question of fee disgorgement. In the case, two business partners decided that one partner would sell his interest to the other partner. Partners are fiduciaries to the other partners. They also signed a non-compete clause so that the selling partner could not go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/what-damages-are-available-for-breach-of-a-fiduciary-duty/</link>
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		<title>Who can request an exhumation of a body?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, an illegitimate child can&#8217;t. The Health and Safety Code §711.004 allows a district court to order an exhumation if requested by certain people including the spouse or the children. That section may not apply to illegitimate children unless money is involved. In a case decided in 2010, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theprobate.net/blog/who-can-request-an-exhumation-of-a-body/</link>
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