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Live-In Mom Killed Daughter’s Father: Her Rights to the Child’s Inheritance?

Kittie started dating her daughter’s boyfriend Butch when he was 17 years old. They apparently dated for over twenty years, during which time Kittie purchased him a house to “use.” Butch later moved into the house with his...more

“Hi, I Think Your Dad is Also My Dad”: Illegitimate Heirs – Fiduciaries

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was Cash Goodblood’s only daughter. Twenty-five years after he died, her dad’s brother Uncle Trusty sold the Goodblood family business for a tidy sum. After report of the lucrative...more

Lawyers and ChatGPT — Averting a Possible Disaster

Last month Tilting blogged about Peter LoDuca, Steven A. Schwartz and their New York law firm who New York Federal Judge Kevin Castel chastised for submitting non-existent judicial opinions with fake quotes and citations...more

Fireworks – Do Burn Bans Snuff Them?

For the last 15 years, our Tilting the Scales article outlining the “Top 10 Texas Fireworks Laws” has been an explosive hit every July 4 and New Year’s. This year, especially with the excessive heat we’re experiencing, you...more

“Hi, I Think Your Dad is Also My Dad” – Inheritance Without a Will

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Cash Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Cash died, and to no one’s surprise after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood family business was plastered on the...more

Legal Research Gone Wrong: A Cautionary Tale About Relying on ChatGPT

Claiming that he was injured when a metal serving cart struck his knee during a flight from El Salvador to New York in 2019, Robert Mata recently sued Avianca Airlines. Avianca filed a motion to dismiss in New York federal...more

Illegitimate Heirs – Trust Language: “Hi, I Think Your Dad is also My Dad” – Part 2

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Cash Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Cash died, and to no one’s surprise after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood family business was plastered on the...more

Illegitimate Heirs – Paternity: “Hi, I Think Your Dad is Also My Dad”

Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Jillion Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Jillion died and ironically after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood family business was plastered on the front...more

Trust Protector or Trust Defector? Five Hazards to Avoid in Appointing a Trust Protector

Unanticipated changes in the law or circumstances may derail a careful plan to preserve a client’s intent to transfer wealth through trusts. A “trust protector” originated from a need to protect offshore trusts from...more

Can Executors Keep Secrets From Beneficiaries?

Following the untimely death last year of his father Big Daddy Bux due to COVID-19, brother Hustler Bux was appointed independent executor of Big Daddy’s Will. When Hustler asked for a judicial discharge, sister Kathy...more

Should You Take Your Company’s Business Records to Support Your Lawsuit When You Leave?

In Xyngular Corp. v. Schenkel, a shareholder and director suspected that his colleagues on the board of directors were engaging in improper self-dealing, so he asked an IT department employee to download documents disclosing...more

Guardianships in Texas and Your Adult Children

Last Thursday, Britney Spears’ dad Jamie agreed to step down from his role in her conservatorship “when the time is right” after the Los Angeles judge hearing the case denied a request by Britney’s lawyers to remove him from...more

Buying Daughter a Business – Assets or Stock?

On Father’s Day, Morgan Bux celebrated with her dad Big Daddy Bux and asked him to team up with her to buy the fast-growing Green Earth Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC in Buda from the Green Earth retiring owner Gaia....more

Selling Mom’s Business – Asset or Stock Sale?

An asset sale is the purchase of individual assets and liabilities. A stock sale is the purchase of the owner’s shares in a corporation / membership interest in a limited liability company. Potential legal liabilities and tax...more

Texas Community Property Law and How to Plan Around it

Jack Bux and his high school sweetheart, Diane, have been married a few years, but the pandemic has taken its toll on their relationship, and they could soon be parting ways....more

Falling Off the Fence: Can You Fire Those with Different Viewpoints?

Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux’s daughter Kathy “Kitten” was working for Approval Literary Agency in Blessing, Texas – that is until last month. Kitten, an associate literary agent with Approval Literary was sacked after her boss...more

Moving to Texas? Your Personal Checklist for your Move to the Lone Star State

Last month we focused on the legal considerations for moving your company to Texas. This month our focus is on your personal checklist – legal issues affecting you personally that will need your attention this year....more

New to Texas? Considerations for Moving Your Business to the Lone Star State

If you’re new to Texas, you’re not the first from California to sing about it. In their 1964 album, The Beach Boys sang about being a “Long Tall Texan.” Nowadays, there’s a lot more about moving to Texas than just singing a...more

Grandma Left the Money to Whom? Legal Options for Undue Influence and Changing of Wills

In Texas, undue influence is generally described as such influence or dominion as to destroy the free agency of the testator, and substitute the Will of another in its place – compelling the maker of the Will to do that which...more

COVID-19 Impacting Halloween? A Scary Thought!

Cookie Bux has two elementary age children, Kitten and Jeff who really want to go Trick-or-Treating this Halloween. In fact, Jeff has been wearing his Star Wars Stormtrooper costume around the house since September. Can...more

Homeschooling: Too Cool For School?

After learning that Buxboro Independent School District would not re-open campuses until September 8th and dismayed that her children Digger (12), Trixie (9) and Hustler (5) would not receive personal instruction, Anna Nicole...more

What Does a Furlough Mean to My Employees?

When restaurants were ordered to shutter – and before PPP – Ernest Bux’s sister Cookie Bux who owns Beef O’Bux Restaurants was in a bind. Should she lay off or furlough employees who were showing up for work to her empty...more

Can an Email Exchange Modify a Lease?

Before the pandemic, Ernest Bux’s niece Chit Bux signed a lease with Iona Mall in an upscale strip shopping center and hired a contractor to build out her dream business – a beauty salon “Cuts & Fluffs.” When Dallas County...more

Tiger King 2.0: Is a Texas Roadside Zoo Permissible?

Driving through Oklahoma recently and watching Tiger King of late, Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux was intrigued that they are apparently 5,000 to 15,000 tigers in the United States and only 3,500 in the “wild.” Hearing that an 8-12...more

Can COVID-19 Trigger a Force Majeure Defense?

Wanting to diversify his investments, Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux signed a franchise agreement with GA Fitness last year. Construction by Big Daddy’s contractor Bill Toosuit is scheduled to be completed for in time for an early...more

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