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Articles and guides to help you understand your options for protecting your family and your assets in Texas and North Carolina.
This article explains how life insurance can supplement assets to support children and guardians, calculate coverage needs, compare quotes, research insurer ratings, and review coverage after major life events.
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The article explains how parents can choose a guardian in their Will while asking trusted friends or family to form a Council of Dads or Moms to share specific lessons and values with their children.
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This article explains when a Will must be probated in Texas, how the probate process establishes authority over titled property, and which assets can transfer outside probate.
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This article explains how an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust can keep life insurance proceeds outside a grantor’s gross estate, including its benefits, administration requirements, Texas community property concerns, and disadvantages.
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Explains the article's description of the Texas process for withholding life-sustaining treatment over a patient's or surrogate's objection, including ethics review and time to seek another provider.
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The article explains how a court may appoint a guardian for minor children when both parents die without naming one in a Will.
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Naunakhte’s ancient Egyptian Will shows how she used her property rights to disinherit three children, reward another, and discourage challenges to her wishes.
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This article explains mortgage payments during probate, due-on-sale clauses, and when heirs may assume the existing mortgage on an inherited house.
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This personal reflection explores the bittersweet emotions and changing family relationships that follow sending the last child to college and entering an empty nest.
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This article explains how, under the Social Security Administration policy described, ABLE account distributions for food and shelter were treated for SSI purposes and discusses the 2023 contribution limit.
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