Estate Administration
& Probate
Estate Planning
Real Estate Law
Business Law
Selling your real estate as an owner-finance property can be a very lucrative choice. You can collect an interest rate much higher than what banks would charge, in addition to being able to reclaim the collateral property if someone falls behind on their payments....
Your mom lived in Texas when she passed away, so you knew that you’d have to handle an out-of-state probate case when she died. You don’t live in Texas, but you were happy to fly into the state and try to handle the issues with her estate when the time came. What you...
When your loved one passed away in Texas, one of your immediate concerns was how often you’d need to be there to handle the estate. You were happy to become the executor of their estate when they lived with you in Oklahoma, but you didn’t realize that they had kept...
If your mother or father retired in Texas and has passed away, you will need to probate the will in Texas. You may want to do this from afar, which is actually fairly simple at the moment. Instead of having to fly into Texas, take time off work and spend time in the...
Some people move to Texas for retirement. Other times, family members spread out to other states as they become adults and start families of their own. Having generations of the family living in different locations will make socialization a bit more of a challenge....
Just creating the absolutely essential estate documents won't fully protect you. It's best to consider documents that you may only need in unusual circumstances, not just the most basic and standard forms. Most people never need powers of attorney. These documents...
When you have will that was not drawn up in Texas but the person who that will is for has passed away in Texas, you may need to probate the will in Texas rather than the state where it was drawn up. The will, despite being created in the USA, is called a foreign will....
As an executor of a loved one’s estate, you have several important duties that you need to follow through on. An executor, sometimes also called an administrator of the estate, performs essential functions to help resolve the estate and take care of debts and the...
Your estate needs to have at least one person established who can take over the role of being the executor of the estate after you pass away. There are many people in your family and friend group that you may think would be suitable for this role, but before you...
When you’re building your estate plan, one thing you want to do is to select an executor who will be there to help once you pass away. The executor you choose can be almost anyone from a close friend to a spouse. Sometimes, the right person for the job doesn’t reside...
