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Related: About this forumTexas Attorney General trying to stop lesbian inheriting her late partner’s estate
The Texas Attorney General has filed a motion in an attempt to stop a woman from inheriting any of her late partners estate.
This came just a day after Attorney General Ken Paxton pledged to comply with the Supreme Courts ruling in favour of same-sex marriage.
Paxton filed a motion on 25 August, in an attempt to block Sonemaly Phrasavath from inheriting any portion of her late partner Stella Powells estate.
Powell died in 2014 without a will, and her siblings set out to exclude Phrasavath from inheriting any of the estate, despite that the couple had been together for eight years.
Phrasavath has since appealed to have the relationship recognised retroactively as a common law marriage.
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Gothmog
(145,335 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Oh my. Yes it sounds like the AG is a jerk, but the siblings are the ones wanting the money. Bad situation where lawyers will end up with the majority of the estate. Everyone make a will today if they haven't already.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)about the change with the same sex relationships and it allows these issues to be handled without problems like an attorney general filing to prevent the normal change in inheriting the person they love estate.