Paul Premack
Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law in Texas and in Washington State
Paul Premack is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation. He was a founding member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and has been a NAELA member since 1989.
His practice encompasses estate planning for individuals, couples and families of all ages, probate to assist surviving heirs when a family member dies, and elder law to assist clients with specific legal challenges. Paul is a Geriatric Scholar via the University of Texas Health Science Center. Paul has written the legal column for Hearst Newspapers. His column archives are located at www.premack.com.
He is the author of "Thinking Beyond Tomorrow," served as 2019-20 President of the Texas Chapter (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys), is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Washington State Bar Association, the San Antonio Bar Association, and the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law section of the State Bar. Paul is a Life Fellow of the San Antonio Bar Foundation and is a Fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas.
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- Probate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Elder Law
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- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) (1982) | Law
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- Barbara Kishpaugh Award
- San Antonio Bar Association Elder Law Division
- National Elder Law Foundation
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- Thinking Beyond Tomorrow
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- Advance Directives, UT Austin School of Law and Texas NAELA 2018 Summer Conference, Galveston, TX
- UT Austin
- Certified Elder Law Attorney
- National Elder Law Foundation
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- Q. Grandfather passed away in Kansas, Executor lives in a different state. Which state laws apply to the amount of the fee
- A: The state where the Will was admitted to probate dominates. If grandfather lived and died in Kansas, then Kansas law and Kansas courts will be used.
- Q. Can an adjudication of guilt on my record as a felon in Texas mean that I cannot be an Independent Executor?
- A: Flat out "yes". A felony on your record is a disqualification by law, and a court cannot allow you to act as Executor even if you are so nominated in the person's Will.
- Q. Father died without a will, need to close his bank account. need all the help i can get.
- A: Since your father resided in Texas and died in Texas, any action on his estate needs to happen under Texas law. I am licensed in both Texas and Washington. You can ask the bank if your father specified a "Pay on Death" beneficiary for the bank account. If so, they should release the funds to the named beneficiary with only the death certificate and filling out some of their forms. But I suspect that there is no "Pay on Death" designation because the bank asked for Letters Testamentary.
Since your father died without a Will, you cannot get Letters Testamentary. Instead, the route for you would be either a) getting Letters of Administration and a Determination of Heirship ... Read More
