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A Houston Chronicle investigation of hundreds of records and thousands of court-ordered payments, as well as interviews with judges and lawyers, found evidence of questionable billings and favoritism ...

Dear Mr. Premack: My father passed away, leaving me and my sister a house in Texas. My father also had two more houses in Oklahoma. We have already probated his will in Oklahoma in court. My sister ...

Dear Mr. Premack: If a codicil is not written in the personal handwriting of the person who made the will, and is not signed, is it legal to use it in the probate court? – P.H. Your one-line question ...