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Date: 10-04-2024
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Justin M. Thomas v. Lois Doolittle
Case Number: 22-0099-P
Judge: Christopher P. Johnson
Court: County Court of Law No. 2, Hays County, Texas
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Description:
San Marcos, Texas divorce lawyer represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution.
Thomas died in March 2021. In July 2022, the trial court admitted to probate Thomas's 2015 will, in which he had attested, "At the time of the execution of this Will, I am not married." The will bequeathed his personal property to his two children, Justin and Stephanie Thomas (Stephanie); bequeathed the remainder of his estate to the James Henry Thomas Living Trust; and appointed Justin as independent executor of Thomas's estate. The
trust agreement, which was executed on the same day as the will, named Justin and Stephanie as Thomas's beneficiaries; awarded each child half of the trust amount and provided each with a monthly allotment of $5,000; appointed Justin as successor trustee on Thomas's death; scheduled a $2,500 monthly allotment to Doolittle until her death; and entitled her, if she survived Thomas, to reside for the rest of her life in the home that the two had purchased in San Antonio in 2012 but had sold in 2019. The trust agreement did not address Thomas's interest in the home that he and Doolittle had purchased in San Marcos, Texas, in 2019, and in which they had resided until his death. [1]...
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Thomas v. Doolittle, 03-23-00498-CV (Tex. App. Oct 04, 2024)
Outcome: Affirmed
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