[Magdalen] a little thanksgiving

[Marion Thompson]

I thought that if you had been prenamed as her executor that would kick 
in automatically.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 6/10/2016 5:59 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>>>> I am so grateful today.... I'm mired in probating my mom's will (no simple
> thing in TX it turns out, and especially fluky here in my county - same as
> Houston) and just got the good news that I'll have my first hearing, at
> which point I'll be a few signatures and a mailing away from being named
> executor, on June 28. My lawyer (a necessary partner in this endeavor)
> warned me that the hearing date could be in August (which would have
> possibly killed the purchase offer on my mom's condo, begun before her
> death).  Sigh. Thank you God.<<<
>
> She had a will, AND you still have to do probate?  I thought a will precluded such horror.
>
> Unless, of course, this is yet another example of how BIG things are done in TX.
> .
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