In Texas and elsewhere, there is a lot of attention paid to the expanding topic of the integration of estate planning procedures and the so-called "digital assets" that many people are beginning to amass. It is currently a "catch-up" process as the law tries to keep...
Month: November 2016
Facts to know during National Long-Term Care Awareness Month
Texas and other states recognize November as National Long-Term Care Awareness Month. Everyone should take a serious look at this topic because the costs of long-term care can easily wipe out one's retirement assets and deny the funds to one's heirs after death....
Texas estate planning permits handwritten wills
Many people have definite ideas about what should happen to their estates after they die. Nevertheless, most people have not made provisions for their assets by writing a will or establishing a trust. For some, it may be the difficulty of considering their own...
Estate planning gives choices for privacy and preserving assets
In Texas, as elsewhere, when a person dies with assets in his or her name, there must usually be an estate filed to account for the assets, pay bills and fees and administer the deceased person's estate. What is left is the proceeds that may be distributed to the...