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Court Reversed Judgment Against A Trustee Due To Jury Instruction Errors And Also Held That A Party Is Not Entitled To A Jury...

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In White v. White, an income beneficiary of a trust was retained to manage ranch property. 704 S.W.3d 250 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2024, no pet.). He later became trustee of the trust and ratified his employment and the employment...more

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Showdown at the O.K. Corral – The Battle of the Omitted Heirs

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Providing for your children is one of the primary purposes of estate planning, but what happens to your carefully crafted trust if you had children you did not know about when you created the trust? Or, what if you have...more

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Texas Statutes Now Allow A Court To Modify Or Reform An Unambiguous Will

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I. Introduction Historically, Texas courts could not resort to extrinsic evidence to construe an unambiguous will. San Antonio Area Foundation v. Lang, 35 S.W.3d 636 (Tex. 2000)....more

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