A friend of ours named Jill admitted a few years ago that she never fully appreciated the importance of estate planning for blended families until she went through it herself. She and her first husband, Frank, were married for 15 years and had their own will and trust...
In our world, “estate” refers to everything you own – home, cars, boats, furniture, bank accounts, jewelry, life insurance, etc. True estate planning goes beyond possessions and assets, though, and plans for a variety of important factors that right now may seem like...
Many families think of estate planning as only wills and trusts. And in many ways, they are not wrong. Those are two of the more common documents you need to protect everyone you love and everything you own. But comprehensive planning goes well beyond wills and trusts...
When many of our clients hear about inheritance protection for the first time, they understandably look back at us with confused faces. For starters, that is not the sort of term you hear often. Secondly, most people are not too concerned with what their children or...
“What Your Spouse Should Know if Something Happens to You” North Texas estate planning and elder law attorney Leigh Hilton has released “What Your Spouse Should Know if Something Happens to You,” a book packed with specific and practical instructions to guide...
