Wills
- offer a wide range of estate planning services to our clients in Houston and across many of the surrounding areas.
- handle and resolve even the most complex wills, trusts, probate, and other estate disputes.
- develop personalized estate plans that enable our clients to stay true to their values and achieve their estate planning goals.
- respect the unique concerns and wishes of each client, ensuring that they are met within the context of the legal requirements for trustees, executors, guardians, beneficiaries, and heirs.
- protect your family and prepare for the future using wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advanced healthcare directives, and other estate planning documents.
- provide the most appropriate legal advice that matches our client’s needs and helps achieve their estate planning goals.
- appoint an executor
- serve as a backup to a living trust
- name guardians for children and their property
- provide for pets
- decide how taxes and debts will be paid
- The testator is of “sound mind” and is at least 18 years old.
- The will is handwritten, typed, or computer-printed.
- The inclusion of a statement that the document is the testator’s will.
- The appointment of an executor
- The will must have at least one provision that appoints a guardian for minor children or a provision that distributes a property
- The testator and at least two adult witnesses must sign the will
Simple Will
A simple will outlines who has the legal right to receive the testator’s assets after their death. In addition, the testator can also appoint an executor of their estate to handle the administration after their passing, designate guardians for their minor children, and stipulate how they want their assets to be distributed to heirs and beneficiaries.Joint Will
A joint will is a single document that two people make and sign together. It combines the wishes of both partners into one document that cannot be changed without permission from one another. Once the first partner dies, a joint will automatically become irrevocable, meaning that the surviving partner cannot change the terms of the document.Holographic Will
A holographic will must be written completely in your handwriting, and signed by you. There is no requirement that it be signed by any witnesses.Pour-Over Will
A pour-over will is a type of will that is commonly used along with a revocable living trust. This estate planning document requires any assets that the testator did not include in their living trust to “pour over” or transfer into the trust upon the testator’s death. It is used to capture any property that was unintentionally left out of the living trust.
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