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Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Spouse
August 13th, 2025
You found the love of your life, and as you have built your life together, you have likely weathered your fair share of storms and grown stronger because of them. Now that you are married, you are uniquely situated to provide meaningful support for y…
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Kids Going Away to College? Why You Should Include College Student Estate Planning in the Preparation
August 6th, 2025
You have likely been preparing for weeks to get your new college student off to school. It is exhilarating, and your heart may be bursting at the seams. You are probably prouder than words can express but also afraid. How can you ensure your child is…
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AB Trusts—Do You Need to Get Rid of Yours?
July 30th, 2025
If the last time you and your spouse updated your estate plan was more than a decade ago, your estate plan may contain what is sometimes referred to as AB trust planning, which, until 2011, was the only way married couples could take advantage of bot…
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Does Treating Your Children Fairly Mean Unequal Inheritances?
July 23rd, 2025
When thinking through their estate plan and how they want their assets (money and property) managed after they pass away, most parents wish to treat their children equally, often out of a sense of fairness. However, sometimes being fair or doing what…
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Four Tips to Avoid a Will Contest
July 16th, 2025
Fighting over provisions in your will or trust can derail your final wishes, rapidly deplete your financial legacy, and tear your loved ones apart. However, with proper planning, you can help your family avoid a will contest and potentially a disastr…
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Minimalism May Be Great for Your Stuff and Finances but Not for Your Estate Planning
July 9th, 2025
Minimalism is a hot topic these days, but a minimalist “less is more” mindset for estate planning can leave you and your loved ones unprotected. An estate plan is one area of your life where you should lean into chaos and assert control, not by r…
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Your Divorce Decree: The First Step in Estate Planning
July 2nd, 2025
You and your spouse have recently divorced, and the judge has signed the divorce decree. Now what? Although you may feel that you have spent enough time and money on lawyers, there is one last attorney you need to talk to: an estate planning attorney…
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What’s Your Name? Ensure That Your Estate Planning Attorney Knows Your Legal Name—and any Others
June 25th, 2025
What is in a name? When you are setting up your estate plan or if you are a beneficiary—or a creditor—of an estate, your name means a great deal. For McCreary Law Office, we strive to make sure we have the legal name for any clients or beneficiar…
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Want to Disinherit Someone? This Is What You Need to Know
June 18th, 2025
Disinheritance—the intentional exclusion of a family member, usually a child or spouse, from receiving part of your estate after your death—is more common than you might think. It is also easier than you might think to disinherit a loved one, wit…
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Do Not Let Your Money and Property Go to the State: Why You Need an Estate Plan so any Unclaimed Property Does Not Escheat
June 11th, 2025
Americans tend to bristle when any level of the government meddles in their private lives, especially with their money. Look no further than the famous “death and taxes” quote for a sense of how Americans feel about bureaucratic creep and governm…
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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