Helping Families Build Brighter Futures One Step At A Time
When your children were small, you no doubt endured the challenge of keeping peace in the family. We see this same scenario play out time after time among adult siblings when a messy estate causes family rifts. Here are 10 tips to help prevent your children from fighting over your estate… Talk to your children about your estate plan. It…
We all care for our families, jobs, and dependents every day. But what are the things unique to your life? What are the things that, right now, only you can provide? What would happen if you aren’t around to manage those responsibilities unique to you, your family, or your particular circumstance? Over the course of our lives it takes us years…
Probate is the legal process through which a deceased person’s assets are distributed to the heirs or beneficiaries, pursuant to the wishes of the deceased person as stated in his or her estate plan – or if there is none, according to Texas Law. Yes, that sounds like a handful. So let’s break it down. Texas Probate is a court-supervised process for identifying…
Part of the estate planning process is choosing who will serve as your representative in a number of different capacities. Your choice in representatives is just as important as your decisions on how your wealth will be distributed and who it will be distributed to. After all, the responsibility to effectively carry out your carefully crafted wishes will be on…
Remember that old joke: How do you eat an elephant? Answer: One bite at a time. At the heart of that gag is the truth about how you tackle any seemingly complex task, taking it one step at a time so as not to overwhelm yourself. Many people neglect to create an estate plan because they see it as the…