Saratoga Estate Planning Lawyer, Texas


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Lindsey B. Whisenhant Lawyer

Lindsey B. Whisenhant

Estate Planning, Natural Resources, Personal Injury, Family Law, Commercial Real Estate

Attorney Lindsey B. Whisenhant has been practicing law and serving the people of Texas since 1990.

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Deborah H. Currin

Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Business Successions, Business Organization
Status:  In Good Standing           

Carl N. Pickett

Commercial Real Estate, Oil & Gas, Gift Taxation, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  53 Years

Edward Bruce Mintz

Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Public Utilities, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  23 Years

Charles Lewis W. Mcguire

Commercial Real Estate, International, Gift Taxation, Child Support
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  43 Years

Ricardo Colon Olmo

Tax, International Tax, International, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  18 Years

Frank J. Maida

Estate Planning, Family Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

Charlotte Dionne Foutz

Intellectual Property, Litigation, Estate Planning, Contract
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  13 Years

John Creighton

Income Tax, Prosecution, Estate Planning, Corporate
Status:  In Good Standing           

J. Cullen Mouton

Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Transactions, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           

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LEGAL TERMS

IRREVOCABLE TRUST

A permanent trust. Once you create it, it cannot be revoked, amended or changed in any way.

INTER VIVOS TRUST

The Latin name, favored by some lawyers, for a living trust. 'Inter vivos' is Latin for 'between the living.'

QTIP TRUST

A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the... (more...)
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. Taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.

FAILURE OF ISSUE

A situation in which a person dies without children who could have inherited her property.

TRUSTEE POWERS

The provisions in a trust document defining what the trustee may and may not do.

LIVING TRUST

A trust you can set up during your life. Living trusts are an excellent way to avoid the cost and hassle of probate because the property you transfer into the t... (more...)
A trust you can set up during your life. Living trusts are an excellent way to avoid the cost and hassle of probate because the property you transfer into the trust during your life passes directly to the trust beneficiaries after you die, without court involvement. The successor trustee--the person you appoint to handle the trust after your death--simply transfers ownership to the beneficiaries you named in the trust. Living trusts are also called 'inter vivos trusts.'

ANCILLARY PROBATE

A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are... (more...)
A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are necessary if the deceased person owned real estate in another state.

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR

(1) In the law of wills and estates, a person appointed by the court to take charge of only a designated portion of an estate during probate. For example, a spe... (more...)
(1) In the law of wills and estates, a person appointed by the court to take charge of only a designated portion of an estate during probate. For example, a special administrator with particular expertise on art might be appointed to oversee the probate of a wealthy person's art collection, but not the entire estate. (2) A person appointed to be responsible for a deceased person's property for a limited time or during an emergency, such as a challenge to the will or to the qualifications of the named executor. In such cases, the special administrator's duty is to maintain and preserve the estate, not necessarily to take control of the probate process

SPRINKLING TRUST

A trust that gives the person managing it (the trustee) the discretion to disburse its funds among the beneficiaries in any way he or she sees fit.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Smith v. O'DONNELL

... 192 SW3d 780 (Tex.2006). 234 SW3d 135, 138. In Belt, we held that an executor was in privity with the decedent's attorneys and could sue them for estate-planning malpractice. 192 SW3d at 787. A prior case, Barcelo v. Elliott ...

In re Townley Bypass Unified Credit Trust

252 SW3d 715 (2008). In re TOWNLEY BYPASS UNIFIED CREDIT TRUST. No. 06-07-00025-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana. Submitted February 13, 2008. Decided April 9, 2008. 717 William E. Wylie, William E. Wylie ...

In re Estate of Henry

... in the 1996 revocable living trust agreement. In 2004, Thomas Henry and Ms. Henry met with Warren Nystrom, an attorney whose practice included estate planning and preparation of wills. On October 19, 2004, at the office ...