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The Common Trust: Providing for All Your Children's Needs
January 6th, 2022
Parents strive to make their children feel equally valued as reflected in the fact that, when setting up an estate plan, parents typically divide their accounts and property equally among their children. But while parents strive to treat their childr…
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Categories: Estate Planning
What Happens to Your Social Media Accounts at Your Death?
December 13th, 2021
According to Statista, more than 295 million people in the United States use social media.[1] If you are an avid social media user, have you considered what will happen to your accounts when you die? If you have spent time creating, uploading, and sh…
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Categories: Estate Planning
It’s All in the Family: Understanding Common Legal Terms in Estate Planning That Describe Loved Ones
November 29th, 2021
While watching a movie or reading a book about wealthy individuals and their families, you may have come across terms such as “heir,” “descendant,” and “next of kin.” Though made-for-Hollywood storylines use these terms interchangeably, w…
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Five Tips for Talking to Your Parents about Estate Planning
November 22nd, 2021
Conversations about death and dying are rarely fun. Most people avoid them because they invoke feelings about our inevitable demise. Broaching this subject and talking to your parents about estate planning can be particularly difficult. Adult childre…
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Why You Might Want to Go through Probate
November 15th, 2021
Avoiding probate is a common goal for individuals deciding how they want their money and property to be handled when they pass. It is a worthy one and is regularly promoted by estate planning attorneys across the nation. However, probate is not an in…
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First Responders: Questions to Consider to Best Protect Their Loved Ones
November 8th, 2021
A first responder are those who have specialized training and who usually arrive first at the scene of an emergency, whether that be an accident, natural disaster, terrorism, or even a pandemic. Included in the list are law enforcement officers, fire…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Is Our Home Community Property or Separate Property, and Why Does It Matter?
November 1st, 2021
When two people get married, the property they obtain during their marriage is called marital property. This includes anything from real property like homes and rental properties, to stock options, investment accounts, heirlooms, and employment incom…
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Categories: Estate Planning
Tags: Community property
Legal Grounds for Contesting a Will
March 29th, 2021
When a loved one dies with a well thought-out will, we think it should be easy to handle the estate. The will lays out who is to receive the person’s property and which person (called the executor (or the personal representative in Florida)) wi…
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Categories: Probate
Emotional Support Animals and Seniors
March 22nd, 2021
The use of emotional support animals is becoming more and more common. What is an emotional support animal? An emotional support animal is a companion animal that provides benefits to a person who has an emotional disability such as anxiety or depres…
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Do You Have Your Financial Information In Order?
March 15th, 2021
Preparing and organizing your financial information now before you are no longer capable will bring peace of mind to both you and your loved ones. It will ensure proper management of your financial situation and afford control over your end of life a…
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Categories: Estate Planning
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