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Welcome to the July Issue of the

Texas Elder Law E-Letter

Our next free “Estate Planning Essentials” workshop will be on Saturday, August 3, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Seating is limited (our last workshops have had waiting lists). Call (214) 720-0102 to register or sign up online at www.dallaselderlawyer.com. We begin each workshop by asking “what questions do you have about estate planning or elder law?” Then we proceed to answer your questions over the course of the workshop.

Michael B. Cohen spoke on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association to the Sweet Fellowship Family Center church members on “The Cost of Caregiving: Alzheimer’s and Caregiver’s Financial Health Symposium” on June 29, 2019. You can view our photo from this event below.

Also please join our walk team (“Michael’s Marchers”) for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s by registering here which will be held on October 5, 2019 at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, Texas 75207.

Please note that Michael B. Cohen’s radio show on estate planning and elder law has changed and can now be heard on KAAM (770 AM) on Mondays and Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Prior shows (topics are categorized) can be heard as podcasts on Sound Cloud as indicated on our website www.dallaselderlawyer.com.

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT USED TO INVALIDATE FRENCH ROCK STAR’S WILL

The fate of French rock star Johnny Hallyday’s $112 million estate hangs in the balance due to his Instagram account.

SUCCESS STORY OF THE MONTH – LADYBIRD DEED INTO PET TRUST IS CATS’ MEOW

The goal of a self-proclaimed “cat lady”, who is on Medicaid, is to make sure her 14 cats are adequately cared for after her death. However, her only assets are her home, car and a small bank account.

DOG OWNER’S WILL REQUIRES EXECUTOR TO BE EXECUTIONER OF HEALTHY DOG

Pursuant to the terms of the Last Will and Testament of a Virginia dog owner, the named executor was required to have the owner’s healthy pet dog (which is personal property in Virginia as it is in Texas) euthanized so that the dog could be buried with its owner.

COURT: LAWYER INCOMPETENT FOR ADVISING CLIENT TO ACT BEYOND AUTHORITY UNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY

A court has ruled an attorney was incompetent for advising his client, who was acting as agent for his brother pursuant to a power of attorney, to transfer assets to himself notwithstanding a lack of authority.

U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES STATE NOT PERMITTED TO TAX UNDISTRIBUTED INCOME FROM NON-RESIDENT TRUST

The U.S. Supreme Court recently rules that “the presence of in-state beneficiaries alone does not empower a state to tax trust income that has not been distributed to the beneficiaries where the beneficiaries have no right to demand that income and are uncertain to ever receive it”.

HORMONE-BLOCKING PROSTATE CANCER COULD LEAD TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

An analysis from University of Pennsylvania researches of data from a study of 154,000 older patients over an eight year period indicates that patients who are given hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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