With over 15 years of legal experience, Gratia goes to great lengths to ensure that every one of her clients, no matter the challenges they face, receives the compassion and respect they rightfully deserve. She is committed to personally guiding you through your legal journey, infusing it with her distinctive personal approach, empathy, and unwavering values.
Gratia has assisted numerous clients in crafting their Trusts & Estate Plans, adeptly represented them in both uncontested and contested Probate cases, and provided invaluable support in matters such as Divorce, Paternity, Visitation, Child Support, and Adoption cases. Furthermore, Gratia boasts extensive experience as a certified mediator, specializing in civil, probate, and family law disputes.
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03 05 2018 Legal Side of Business
On this week's episode, we talk up contracts and how businesses can protect themselves, how to deal with employees, and more. Gratia P. Schoemakers - http://www.gpschoemakers.com/ (832) 408-0505
COVID-19 Attorney Questions
Gratia Schoemakers, Duana Boswell Loechel, and I take a 30 minute coffee break and discuss important information regarding estate planning and family law. Below is the question timeline: (0:46) What...
Reset 4 Success Show - Protecting You, Your Family, & Your Future!
Marian LaSalle and Lady Lou welcome you to our Reset 4 Success Show. We love bringing you wonderful guest co-hosts who have so many things to share with our audience...
Story Time with Grace: Durable POA
What do you know about Durable Power of Attorneys? Have any horror stories knowing someone who didn't have one? Gratia Schoemakers with GP Schoemakers, PLLC gives us one of her...
Story Time with Grace: Minor Guardianship
What do you know about Minor Guardianship? Have any horror stories knowing someone who didn't have one? Gratia Schoemakers with GP Schoemakers, PLLC gives us one of her stories.
Story Time with Grace: Trusts
What do you know about Trusts? Have any horror stories knowing someone who didn't have one? Gratia Schoemakers with GP Schoemakers, PLLC gives us one of her stories.
- Q. Can co-owners force me out of a house I partially inherited in Texas?
- A: I do not know if you have a homestead exemption on the property where you live, but it would be a factor. A tenant in common can file an action for partition, and homestead rights do not necessarily prevent partition of property. However, the homestead exemption may influence how the partition is carried out, particularly in terms of protecting the homestead claimant's rights to occupy the property or their share of the proceeds from a partition sale. Texas law generally recognizes the right to partition as paramount to homestead rights in property held in common, but there are specific circumstances where homestead protections may still apply. I would strongly recommend you contact a real ... Read More
- Q. What legal rights do I have to my stepmother's property in Texas?
- A: If the property was in your stepmother's name only, and she left no prior will that indicated you as a beneficiary/devisee, her estate will most likely pass through intestacy. Intestacy rules stated that her assets will pass to her children, not her stepchildren. Therefor, based on the information provided, it is most likely that you do not have any ownership interests in the property, regardless of the facts that your family owned it at a prior point in time.
- Q. How can I add my wife's name to the property's title for full ownership?
- A: If you add your wife (which you can do via a Gift Deed, or Warranty Deed), she will be the full owner at that point in time. If she dies before you, you will have to go through probate and hope the law in your jurisdiction will give it back to you.
Other options: Transfer on Death (most jurisdictions have it), Make a Last Will and Testament, Create a Revocable Living Trust.
