Houston Trusts Attorneys
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- 65+ Years of Combined Experience
- Top Rating of AV® for Ethical Standards & Legal Skill
- Board Certified Partners in Estate Planning, Probate, and Tax Law
How Wills & Trusts Can Benefit You & Your Family
Wills and trusts are the foundational documents for estate planning. Fundamentally, they describe how your assets are distributed to your heirs when you pass away.
A last will and testament is a legal document that is a major part of the estate planning process because it discusses who is authorized to administer the decedent's estate, as well as how the estate is to be distributed. Having a last will and testament can remove a great deal of complication and stress from the probate administration process for the beneficiaries. When a person passes away and does not leave a will or trust, probate becomes much more complex, expensive, and time-consuming. In our experience, probate without a will can be 3-4 times as expensive and will take much longer than if the decedent had a will. Additionally, you have no say in how your property is divided or disbursed when you don't have a will or trust. If you have specific ideas about how your assets should be distributed, such as giving a specific gift to a child or charity, this will not happen unless you have a will or trust.
Legal Services for All Types of Trusts
As noted above, there are many different types of trusts available in the estate planning process. Some trusts, called inter vivos trusts, are created during your lifetime. Other trusts, called testamentary trusts, are created within your will. Selection of the proper type of trust depends on your specific circumstances.
We help our clients with the creation and administration of:
- Revocable Living Trusts (RLT)
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILIT)
- Gift Trusts for children and grandchildren
- Gun Trusts
- Contingent Trusts in a Will
- Lifetime Trusts for children
- Charitable Leads Trusts
- Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Qualified Domestic Trust (QDOT) for gifts to non-US citizens
- Bypass Trusts (also known as Credit Shelter or A/B Trusts)
- Supplemental Needs Trusts for beneficiaries with special needs
Fill out a case evaluation and provide us with the details of your situation for personalized advice or call Dossey & Jones, PLLC attorney today at (281) 410-2792!
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Esteban did a great job preparing our wills and estate planning documents. Very pleasant individual and attentive to our needs. We will use them again!- Kenneth C -
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Paige is outstanding. She walked me and my wife through our estate which could be a very complicated process. We are very happy that we found her and look forward to continuing to work with her.- Mazen N -
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Paige Jones was wonderful to work with she walk us through every process so we fully understood our documents. I highly recommend Paige and the Dossey & Jones, PLLC firm.- Kathy O -
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