In Est. of Smith, the beneficiaries of an estate filed claims that the decedent was mentally incompetent when she deeded her residence to her grandson and granddaughter-in-law. No. 02-24-00175-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 8272...more
8/4/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Beneficiaries ,
Dismissals ,
Heirs ,
Judicial Authority ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Mental Capacity ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Probate Courts ,
Standing
In In the Estate of Maberry, the alleged common-law wife of an intestate decedent did not have standing to seek to remove the decedent’s daughter as independent administrator because she was not an “interested person”...more
In In re Estate of Hines, the trial court held that an applicant was not equitably adopted by the decedent in an heirship proceeding. No. 06-20-00007-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 8000 (Tex. App.—Texarkana July 27, 2020, no pet.)....more
In the Estate of Trickett, two petitioners filed an heirship proceeding to establish their status as the sole heirs and rightful owners of a royalty interest. No. 13-19-00154-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 3949 (Tex. App.—Corpus...more
Preface to Case: The Texas Constitution states that “[n]o conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate.” Tex. Const. Art. I § 21 (emphasis added). The Texas Estates Code also states as much. Tex. Est....more
6/9/2016
/ Asset Freeze ,
Constructive Trusts ,
Convictions ,
Exceptions ,
Heirs ,
Inheritance ,
Life Insurance ,
Murder ,
Murder-Suicide ,
Probate Code ,
State Constitutions ,
TX Supreme Court