Article Discusses 2009 Estate Planning Legislation in Texas

Glenn M. Karisch (attorney, Austin, Texas) has published his article entitled 2009 Texas Probate, Guardianship and Trust Legislation, The Advocate, Fall 2009, at 15.

The introduction to the article is below:

Texas probate and trust practitioners will find a few gifts in their legislative stockings this year, as well as one or two lumps of coal.  They won’t have to wait until Christmas to open these packages, since most of the changes are effective September 1, 2009.

As usual, our friends in the Texas Legislature have done their best to improve our laws and our lives, with mixed results.