Paul Premack: Does transgender status affect inheritance rights?

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Dear Mr. Premack: My parents updated their wills and living trust in another state several years before my father died. My mother then moved to Texas, where she will likely reside until her death. My sister and I are their only children. I learned from a third party that I am not mentioned in the wills or trust. I am not estranged from either my mother or sister and my mother speaks openly of intending we both share her estate equally. Most likely the omission was due to my mother’s embarrassment in their small town and disapproval about my gender reassignment which had commenced three years prior…