ESTATE & PROBATE

Estate Planning and Probate Law is the practice of law dealing with:
• Analysis, planning and recommendations for the conservation and disposition of clients'
  estates in accordance with the clients' expressed desires, including tax effects and consequences
• Drafting and preparation of legal instruments to effectuate the clients' estate plans, for example
    • Wills
    • Trusts
    • Other legal documents
• Administration of estates and trusts

Attorneys specializing in this field will counsel persons in estate planning, including giving advice with respect to gifts, life insurance, wills, trusts, business arrangements and agreements, and other estate planning matters.

Also included is the preparation or supervision of the preparation of estate planning instruments:
• Simple and complex wills, including provisions for testamentary trusts, marital deductions and
  elections revocable and irrevocable inter vivos trusts
• Business planning agreements
• Powers of attorney
• Gift and generation-skipping transfer tax returns including representation before the
  Internal Revenue Service in connection with such tax returns

Estate Administration encompasses handling or advise with respect to the probate and/or administration of decedents' estates and trusts, including:
• Dependent and independent administration and muniments of title
• Guardianships
• Determinations of heirships
• Will and trust litigation
• Construction suits
• Preparation, review or supervision of the preparation of Federal Estate Tax Returns,
  Texas Inheritance Tax Returns, and U.S. Fiduciary Income Tax returns, including representation
  before the Internal Revenue Service, state taxing authorities, or the courts in connection with such tax   returns and related tax controversies

 

To contact, call (817) 282-0281, or send an email to the
Law Offices of Cramb & Marling