Texas Appeals Court Reverses Decision Denying Son Interest In Life Estate Property

(July 31, 2023, 10:27 AM EDT) -- WACO, Texas — A Texas appellate court reversed a lower court decision that denied a son the right to interest in property deeded to him through a life estate from his father and stepmother, finding that the son’s one-half interest in the property vested to him as soon as his father died and that neither revocations made by his stepmother’s agent under a power of attorney (POA) impacted the son’s interest in the property....