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New Study Links Connection Between Stroke and Dementia

by Jimmy Carter | Sep 18, 2018 | Dementia, Will Contests / Challenging a Will

A study recently conducted by The University of Exeter Medical School analyzed the data on stroke and dementia risk from 3.2 million individuals around the world. The data revealed that the link between stroke and dementia persisted even after taking into effect...

Feasibility of Blockchain Estate Planning Tool

by Jimmy Carter | Jun 19, 2018 | Blockchain Estate Planning

Blockchain is an incredible technology with seemingly endless ways to change and improve our world. It promises to remove the need for middlemen and trusted intermediaries thereby disrupting well-established and time-honored industries – relevant to this post, recent...

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JW Carter Law Secures Victory as Fourth Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court in Will Contest
June 17, 2026
On June 17, 2026, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio reversed a key portion of the trial court’s judgment in In the Matter of the Estate of Van L. “Slim” Crapps, Deceased, a
Appellate Win in the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals
April 8, 2026
We are pleased to share a recent appellate victory on behalf of our clients. In Moreno v. Tidwell, No. 04-24-00387-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Feb. 25, 2026), the Fourth Court of Appeals wholly
When a Person’s Final Wishes Are Challenged: A Complete Trial Victory
April 8, 2026
Some cases are about more than legal technicalities. They’re about whether a person’s carefully considered choices, made in the final chapter of their life, will be honored or dismantled
Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal at Texas Tech University School of Law. Titled “Decoding Probate Litigation: Insights from a Century of Texas Will Contests,” by James W. Carter and Sarah Maldonado. Published Jan. 31, 2026.
February 4, 2026
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Breakthrough: Blood Test Makes it Possible to Track Alzheimer’s Advancement
June 18, 2019
A connection between Neurofilament light (NfL) levels present in the blood and Alzheimer’s disease was recently made in a study released by the JAMA Network.
New Study Might Diagnose CTE in Brains of the Living
May 23, 2019
A recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine revealed that brain scans of more than two dozen former NFL players found that the men had abnormal levels of the protein linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.), the degenerative brain disease we have discussed here that’s associated with repeated hits to the head.