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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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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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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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How an Inheritance Can Help with Loved Ones' Educational Costs
May 21st, 2025
A primary goal of estate planning is to provide financially for your loved ones. One way to ensure they are set up for lifelong success is to create an estate plan that allows an inheritance to help with your loved ones’ educational costs. High…
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Where Is the Best Place to Store Your Original Estate Planning Documents?
April 30th, 2025
Estate planning attorneys are often asked where original estate planning documents—wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives—should be stored for safekeeping. While there is no right or wrong answer to the question of where you…
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Should I Include My Unborn Child in My Estate Plan?
April 23rd, 2025
Estate planning is an exercise in anticipating potential future events that could affect your plans for what happens if you become incapacitated (unable to manage your own affairs during your lifetime) and how your assets (property and accounts) will…
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Have a Harmonious Family that Does Not Fight? You Still Need an Estate Plan
April 16th, 2025
Last week, we shared tips for avoiding a will contest. In many families, everyone gets along, happily gathering for the holidays, sharing laughs, telling stories, and enjoying each other’s company. Then, the matriarch or patriarch dies. Suddenly, y…
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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