Texas Attorney General trying to stop lesbian inheriting her late partner’s estate

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The Texas Attorney General has filed a motion in an attempt to stop a woman from inheriting any of her late partner’s estate.

This came just a day after Attorney General Ken Paxton pledged to comply with the Supreme Court’s 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 Powell’s 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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http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/09/11/texas-attorney-general-trying-to-stop-lesbian-inheriting-her-late-partners-estate/

[Gothmog]

1. Paxton is a bad attorney general

[yeoman6987]

2. Without a will????

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]

3. From the party who claims they want "less government" this is complete over reach. Also, I am happy

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.

[shenmue]

4. So, LGBT people are supposed to be poor and heartbroken