2006 Texas Cases

Case Name	Topic
Alpert v. Gerstner	Trusts -- Receivers
Armes v. Thompson	Estate Administration -- Survival
Armstrong v. Hixon	Trusts -- Determination of Class Gift Membership
Armstrong v. Roberts	Miscellaneous -- Power of Attorney Miscellaneous -- Multiple-Party Accounts -- Designation of Pay on Death Payees Miscellaneous -- Multiple-Party Accounts -- Language Sufficient to Create Survivorship Rights
Ayala v. Mackie	Estate Administration -- Appellate Jurisdiction
Belt v. Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison & Tate, Inc.	Other Estate Planning Matters -- Malpractice
Brown v. Traylor	Estate Administration -- Attorney's Fees -- Necessity of Expert Testimony to Establish Wills -- Attestation -- Publication Wills -- Attestation -- Interested Witness Estate Administration -- Lost Wills -- Contents Properly Proved
Churchill v. Mayo	Estate Administration -- Appellate Jurisdiction
Decker v. Decker	Other Estate Planning Matters -- Gifts
Di Portanova v. Monroe	Wills -- No Contest Clause -- Not Breached Trusts -- Declaratory Judgments
Dolenz v. Vail	Estate Administration -- Jurisdiction -- Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
Hailey v. Siglar	Estate Administration -- Jurisdiction -- District Court
In re Estate of Alexander	Estate Administration -- Transfer
In re Estate of Arrendell	Estate Administration -- Appeal
In re Estate of Bean	Wills -- Construction and Interpretation -- Ambiguity Estate Administration -- Independent Administration -- Ability of Court to Construe Will
In re Estate of Blevins	Estate Administration -- Will Contest -- Statute of Limitations in a Late Probate
In re Estate of Clark	Estate Administration -- Removal of Executor
In re Estate of Hawkins	Estate Administration -- Attorney's Fees -- Against Personal Representative Who Neglects Duty
In re Estate of Jones	Estate Administration -- Lost Wills -- Contents Properly Proved
In re Estate of Hersey	Estate Administration -- Appellate Jurisdiction
In re Estate of Kuykendall	Estate Administration -- Muniment of Title Estate Administration -- Tortious Interference With Inheritance Rights
In re Estate of Longron	Estate Administration -- Attorney's Fees -- Award of Fees Via a Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
In re Estate of Trevino	Estate Administration -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment of Receiver Estate Administration -- Independent Administration -- Appointment of Receiver
In re Estate of Wilcox	Estate Administration -- Attorney Fees -- Beneficiary's Defense of Conduct
In re Estate of Willett	Estate Administration -- Appeal -- Partial Summary Judgment
In re Estate of Wilson	Miscellaneous -- Multiple-Party Accounts -- Language Sufficient to Create Survivorship Rights Estate Administration -- Inventory
In re Lewis	Estate Administration -- Transfer
Jones v. Blume	Trusts -- Creation -- Trust Intent -- Settlement Agreement
Lee v. Hersey	Estate Administration -- Jurisdiction
Long v. Long	Wills -- Testamentary Capacity Wills -- Undue Influence
Mangrum v. Conrad	Wills -- Conditional Gift
Marshall v. Marshall	Estate Administration -- Federal Probate Exception
O'Donnell v. Smith	Other Estate Planning Matters -- Malpractice -- Belt to Apply Retroactively
Ray Malooly Trust v. Juhl	Trusts -- Suit Against Trustee
Roman v. Roman	Other Estate Planning Matters -- Frozen Embryo Disposition Upon Divorce
Ross v. Goldstein	Miscellaneous -- Marriage-Like Relationship Doctrine
Schuchmann v. Schuchmann	Trusts -- Jurisdiction -- Statutory Probate Court
Steele v. McDonald	Estate Administration -- Pro Se
Young v. First Community Bank	Estate Administration -- Appellate Jurisdiction