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Three Tips for Overwhelmed Executors
January 24th, 2023
While it is an honor to be named as a trusted decision maker, also known as an executor or personal representative, it can often be a sobering and daunting responsibility. Being an executor requires a high level of organization, foresight, and attent…
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Goodness Gracious! Celebrity Estate Plans: What Jerry Lee Lewis's Plan Could Look Like
January 13th, 2023
The news of Lisa Marie Presley’s death is fresh. Although many are already speculating, we don’t know exactly what her estate looks like. But it calls up another recent loss to the music world and that celebrity estate plan: Jerry Lee Lew…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Does the Guardian for My Child Have to Be a United States Citizen?
December 27th, 2022
One of the more uncomfortable aspects of estate planning is deciding what will happen to your child if both you and the child’s other legal parent were to die unexpectedly. While the odds of this happening are low, the consequences of not naming a…
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Categories: Guardianship
Important Contingencies as Part of Your Estate Plan
December 20th, 2022
Life is full of contingencies. While some outcomes are relatively certain, other events are more difficult to predict. This uncertainty can create estate planning challenges. Because life changes quickly and sometimes unexpectedly, your estate plan n…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Three Tips for Proving Mental Capacity in Estate Planning
December 13th, 2022
Although we would all like to believe that our family and loved ones will honor our wishes as expressed in our estate plan, contests are more common than you might think. Sometimes, a family member does not receive what they thought they would after…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Important Estate Plan Issues to Address Before You Leave on Vacation
November 29th, 2022
Getting ready to embark on your next great adventure and vacation? Before you zip up the last suitcase, here are five issues involving your estate plan that you need to address to protect yourself and your loved ones. 1. Do you have a foundational es…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Three Celebrities' Probate Disasters and Tragic Lessons
November 10th, 2022
One would assume that celebrities with extreme wealth would take steps to protect their estates. But think again: some of the world’s richest and most famous people enter the pearly gates with no estate plan, while others have made estate planning…
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Why a Trust Can Be the Best Option to Avoid Probate
October 28th, 2022
Ideally, when someone passes away, the paperwork and material concerns associated with the deceased’s passing are so seamlessly handled (thanks to excellent preparation) that they fade into the background, allowing the family and other loved ones t…
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Estate Planning Awareness Week: Is Your Plan Up-to-Date?
October 21st, 2022
If you follow McCreary Law Office on social media, you probably know how much we love to point out those special days created to recognize everything from baby safety to pizza and so many things on between. But this particular awareness week this wee…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Three Reasons to Avoid Probate
October 14th, 2022
When you pass away, your family may need to sign certain documents as part of a probate process in order to claim their inheritance. This can happen if you own property (like a house, car, bank account, investment account, or other asset) in your nam…
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Categories: Probate
Attorney Jana McCreary
Houston Estate Planning Attorney Jana R. McCreary has been an attorney for over twenty years, a career move she made after working for over a decade with adults and children with intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Graduating summa cum laud… Read More