intestate succession - Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer

26 Oct WILL THE ESTATE OF “SCREAM” STAR, HAYDEN PANETTIERE, BE ABLE TO COLLECT OVER $500,000 OF MYSTERIOUS MISSING JEWELRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF HER 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER?

Posted at 09:00h in Estate Planning, Guardianship, Inheritance, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Trusts, utma, Wills

Hayden Panettiere, star of “Scream”, “Nashville”, “Remember the Titans”, etc., died at 36 without a will leaving her 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, as her sole heir. Since Hayden’s death from an accidental drug overdose, some of her personal belongings—most notably a $500,000 engagement ring given to...

28 Sep “BLACK PANTHER” MOVIE STAR’S BROTHERS FIGHTING WIDOW OVER ESTATE CONTROL

Posted at 09:00h in Estate Planning, Inheritance, Lawsuits, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Wills

In the movie “Black Panther”, one of the iconic quotes from the character T’Challa was “In times of crisis, the wise build bridges while the foolish build barriers”. Chadwick Boseman, the star of the movie, died without a will. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a...

17 Nov IF TOM BRADY CLONED HIMSELF, WOULD HIS HEIRS SUFFER A SUPER BOWL LOSS?

Posted at 14:51h in Estate Planning, Inheritance, Lawsuits, Probate Administration

Tom Brady announced in November that his present dog, Junie, is a clone of his former dog, Lua, who died in 2023. This was done through the use of withdrawing blood from Lua (prior to her death) and cloning technology. Although cloning technology has not...

01 Jul Conflicting testimony as to common law marriage results in child inheritance of estate

Posted at 11:02h in Beneficiary, Elder Justice, Estate Planning, Inheritance, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Social Security

If you don’t have a will or beneficiary designation of assets, inheritance is determined by state law which is called intestate succession. If the deceased was married at the time of death but has no will, then a surviving spouse will have some inheritance rights...