Families pass a number of items through the generations via estate processes. Common traditional assets passed on to heirs include money, investments, life insurance and real estate. Families might also pass on property such as vehicles or family hei…

You may have heard people whose loved ones have passed away state that they are waiting on their inheritance, but the “will is in probate.” What does that mean?
Probate is a court process for validating a will. A person may have created a handwritte…

If you own an estate in Texas, should you put it in a trust, or is a will sufficient to ensure that your property is dispersed the way you desire?
That is a good question, and one that you may well want to take up with an estate attorney. In Robin W…

When a woman and her husband first were married, back in the mid 1990s, they set up wills that would basically just leave all of the assets and wealth to the surviving spouse if one of them ended up passing away. When they got divorced in 2007, thing…

Any Texas resident may be able to benefit from strong estate planning — you don’t have to be rich to want to protect your heirs. In fact, you might be taking estate planning measures without even realizing it when you set up certain accounts or pol…