November 7, 2025

Most families assume that if there’s a will, they automatically need probate in Texas—but that’s not always true. As an estate planning and probate attorney in Texas for nearly 20 years, I’ve seen families spend thousands of dollars and months of time navigating probate when they didn’t have to. In many cases, I’ve helped clients […]

I met with a client from Lakeway last month who had spent decades building a successful business. Now in his late 60s, he was thinking about his legacy. He had two primary goals: supporting his favorite environmental conservation organization and ensuring his wife would have income for life.  “I want to make a significant donation,”