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Don’t Count on Social Security Disability

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It seems like almost every year there is news that Social Security is going to run out of money. Most people have become immune to the stories and no longer pay attention. However, parents of children with special needs, need to pay attention this time. The Washington Post, hardly an alarmist newspaper, has reported that the Social Security Disability Trust fund will run out of cash in 2016. You need to make an estate plan for your children now. Special needs children require lifetime care and … [Read more...] about Don’t Count on Social Security Disability

Game of Wills

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Fans of the HBO Series Game of Thrones and the books they are based on know the scene well. King Robert, back from a hunting accident, lies in his bed about to die. His friend, the Hand of the King Ned Stark, is with him. Robert asks Ned to write down the terms of his Will, which Ned does faithfully except for one key phrase. Where Robert says "My son Joffrey," Ned writes, "My Heirs." It's a pivotal moment in the series as Robert does not know that Joffrey is not his son, a fact that Ned is … [Read more...] about Game of Wills

Texas History – Do You Know Which Explorer Lost His Ears After His Death?

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Philip Nolan, a native of Ireland, traveled west from his home in Natchez, Mississippi with a party of 28 heavily armed men to establish a camp in the northwestern Hill Country, near what is now Blum, Texas. He and his men captured wild horses and sold them to Spanish military garrisons in Louisiana. On March 21, 1801, a company of 120 Spanish soldiers made a surprise attack on Nolan’s camp. The skirmish stopped when a cannonball killed Nolan with a blow to the head and his men surrendered. As a … [Read more...] about Texas History – Do You Know Which Explorer Lost His Ears After His Death?

Filial Responsibility & Health Care Costs

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Should children pay for the long term care of their parents? In the thirty states that have Filial Responsibility laws, they can be legally required to do so. Texas does not have these laws, but the issue is important for Texans whose parents live elsewhere or for Texas parents who might consider moving to another state. Filial Responsibility Laws allow the state, or a health care provider, to sue family members to recover money that was spent on a relative's medical care. Some of the laws … [Read more...] about Filial Responsibility & Health Care Costs

Filial Responsibility & Health Care Costs

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Should children pay for the long term care of their parents? In the thirty states that have Filial Responsibility laws, they can be legally required to do so. Texas does not have these laws, but the issue is important for Texans whose parents live elsewhere or for Texas parents who might consider moving to another state. Filial Responsibility Laws allow the state, or a health care provider, to sue family members to recover money that was spent on a relative's medical care. Some of the laws … [Read more...] about Filial Responsibility & Health Care Costs

Texas History – Do You Know What Was the Only French Settlement in Texas?

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Le Champ d’Asile. This settlement was founded in the Spring of 1818 by General Charles Lallemand, and approximately 400 French exiles who fled post-Napoleonic France desiring a permanent location on the American frontier. In July 1818, the colonists learned that a Spanish military force was marching from San Antonio to dislodge them from Spanish Texas as hostile intruders. General Lallemand and his followers fled to Galveston Island before the soldiers arrived. The Spanish troops destroyed the … [Read more...] about Texas History – Do You Know What Was the Only French Settlement in Texas?