Landowner Alert System 3-6-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Conservation Easement Presentations Braun & Gresham Conservation Easement attorneys, Margaret Menicucci and Kathryn Tancig, spoke to landowners at both the Creating a Land Legacy: Comal County Landowner Workshop and the Texas Land Conservation Conference in … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 2-21-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Changes to Pay-out Requirements for Inherited IRAs and Retirement Plans Written by Braun & Gresham Attorney Margaret Menicucci. The pay-out requirements for people inheriting Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and other retirement plans … Continue reading
2020 Brings Dramatic Changes to Pay-out Requirements for Inherited IRAs and Retirement Plans
By Margaret Menicucci, Attorney & Counselor The pay-out requirements for people inheriting Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and other retirement plans have changed dramatically. Legislation passed in late December of 2019, called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act (the … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 2-7-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Proposed Texas Hemp Regulations The Texas Hemp Plan was approved by the USDA on January 27, but the Texas Department of Agriculture still has to publish the final version of the … Continue reading
Common Fencing Mistakes in Texas
By Joanne Hatton, Attorney & Counselor “It makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others.” – E.M. Forster That might be true for people, but, in … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 1-24-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Will Texas Courts Enforce Liability Waivers Signed on Behalf of Minors? For landowners who allow minor children to come onto their property and partake in activities like hunting, swimming, fishing, or … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 1-10-20
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: TCEQ Adopts New Wastewater Rules In December, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) adopted new rules for the disposal of treated wastewater effluent by land application. In 2016, Austin petitioned … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 12-20-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: ‘I Don’t Believe it’s In Until it’s In’: Gillespie County Landowner Still Fighting Pipeline Kay Pence has been fighting Kinder Morgan for more than a year now. The company offered her … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 12-6-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Enhanced Life Estate Deeds (aka Lady Bird Deeds) A Lady Bird Deed (“LBD”) is a deed that transfers a person’s (the “grantor”) interest to another (the “remainderman”) but reserves a life … Continue reading
Landowner Alert System 11-15-19
Click here to read this week’s LAS Articles include: Permian Highway Pipeline Project Tracking Map Braun & Gresham is working closely with landowners potentially affected by the Permian Highway Pipeline to pinpoint the actual route Kinder Morgan will not provide. … Continue reading