Estate Planning

Personal circumstances have a strong influence on someone's estate planning needs. Frequently, people will have to choose what kinds of documents to include in their plans and how to organize the distribution of their property based on what assets they own and who...

Your estate plan determines what resources your loved ones have access to after your death and outlines the legacy you leave. You may invest a considerable amount of time in the process of reviewing your assets and relationships to create an estate plan....

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...

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...

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...

The nice thing about how the world works today is that distance is no longer as much of an issue as it was in the past. If you have questions about your rights in a nursing home and can’t get to an attorney’s office, you may be able to have a teleconference....