A lot of people think a will does its job the moment someone dies. The will says the house goes to you, so the house is yours. You keep living there, paying the taxes and fixing the roof, and nobody says otherwise. Then years later you try to sell, refinance, or hire a contractor, and...KEEP READING

When estate administrators sell property years after the statutory deadline for opening probate has passed, can purchasers rely on those sales? This fundamental question has confronted Texas courts for over a century. Modern practitioners often assume that probate law has undergone substantial evolution since the early 1900s. Yet examining how courts addressed late-filed administrations in...KEEP READING