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Successful celebrities earn more money than most of us could ever dream of, and they can afford to hire the very best advisers. However, that doesn’t mean they follow the right advice. Some of them have made major errors when it comes to estate planning, with heartbreaking results for their […]
Author: April Nordhaus
People make a lot of assumptions about wills and how they operate in Texas, and a surprising number of those assumptions are wrong. While the full list of misconceptions about wills is too long to describe here, we will review some of the most common. You Don’t Need a Will […]
The probate process is a mystery to many people in Texas, including a fair number of attorneys. It’s based on practices courts devised hundreds of years ago to ensure that when someone died, the debts were paid and their property passed to those entitled to have it by law. The […]
A testamentary trust is simply a trust established through provisions in a will as opposed to a trust someone sets up with a separate document during their lifetime. To understand what a testamentary trust can do and whether you need one, it is necessary to look into the details and […]
It is natural to want to provide for children, grandchildren, and other family or friends who are younger. When those potential beneficiaries are under the age of 18, however, you need to take some extra steps with your estate plan to ensure that they receive the full benefits that you […]