Pyke & Associates is a firm of elder law attorneys. But what does that mean? Unfortunately, the term elder law means different things to different people, so let me explain what we mean by that term at Pyke & Associates. Boiling this down to its simplest, Pyke & Associates does planning to transition [...]
Affidavits of heirship are a shortcut procedure largely unauthorized by statute. The only statute that makes them effective is Texas Estates Code section 210.053 which states that a good faith purchaser, without the knowledge of an heir, can rely on an affidavit of heirship to obtain good title to property, except against certain undisclosed children [...]