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Wills, trusts, and estates

The law of wills, trusts, and estates includes the many legal issues related to a person’s directions for what should be done with their assets or property at their death (a will); for creating a legal entity (a trust) in which the assets of a person known as the trustor, grantor, or settlor are placed and held by a trustee (person or entity) for the benefit of named persons or classifications of persons (descendants); and to a deceased person’s real and personal property at the time of death (estate).
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burial, entombment, cremation
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escheatestate taxexecutor fee
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gift taxgrantor trustguardianshipgun trust
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holographic willhomestead exemption
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informal probate/family settlementinheritance rights of childreninheritance rights of spousesinquestirrevocable trust
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joint tenancy with right of survivorship
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QTIP trust
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testamentary capacityTotten trust/POD accounttrusttrustee
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State Statutes for the State of Texas

CHAPTER 37 - DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS

(3) to determine any question arising in the administration of the trust or estate, including questions of construction of wills and other writings; or

CHAPTER 1162 - TAX-MOTIVATED, CHARITABLE, NONPROFIT, AND OTHER GIFTS

(4) all devisees under a will, trust, or other beneficial instrument relating to the ward's estate; and

Federal Statutes

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