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Navigating the complexities of probate, estate planning, and inheritance.

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November 4, 20267 min readProbate & Courts

Probate in Brazoria County, Texas: Where to File and What to Expect

Brazoria County's four county courts at law double as its probate courts, and new estate cases rotate among them. Here's what the courts and County Clerk publish about lawyers, filing, and hearings, and what they don't.

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Money8 min read

Selling an Inherited House With Siblings

How siblings can handle an inherited house: the step-up in basis, selling together, a buyout, or co-ownership, and what a partition action costs everyone.

July 3, 2026

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Probate & Courts8 min read

My Spouse Died in Texas. Who Gets the House?

How a surviving spouse can sort the Texas house question after a death: deed, will, community property, survivorship paperwork, homestead, mortgage, and probate path.

June 29, 2026

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Family8 min read

Beneficiary Disagreements During Texas Probate

How Texas executors can handle beneficiary disagreements about records, personal property, debts, timing, and distributions without losing the estate paper trail.

June 22, 2026

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Money8 min read

How to Open an Estate Operating Account in Texas

What Texas executors need before opening a separate estate account: Letters Testamentary, an estate EIN, the documents banks ask for, what to deposit, what to pay, and how to keep the records clean.

June 22, 2026