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Law Offices of Bryan Fagan

4.7
681 Reviews

  • 7702 FM 1960 Rd E, Suite 212, Humble, TX 77346+2 locations

  • Law Firm with 30 lawyers4 awards

  • A Focus on Family Law. 99% of Bryan's focus is on family law cases, so he can give the attention that others can't.

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Bryan Joseph Fagan
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Myres & Associates, PLLC

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers1 award

  • PROTECTING YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND FINANCIAL ASSETS FOR OVER 35 YEARS

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Caroline Weitz
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The Law Office of James H. Taylor

5.0
9 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Boutique Civil Law Firm specializing in Contract Drafting, Review, and Negotiation; Wills, Trusts, and Probate; Family Law; and comprehensive corporate counsel for small businesses... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersEstate Tax Issues, Living Wills, and 37 more

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James H. Taylor
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Stilwell, Earl & Apostolakis LLP

4.7
14 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers2 awards

  • A Woodlands based firm with "downtown" experience. More than 47 years experience in probate, estate and litigation.

  • Estate Planning LawyersEstate Planning, Wills and Trusts, Probate/Disputes, and 6 more

Steven C. Earl
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Law Offices of Bryan Fagan

4.7
687 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 30 lawyers4 awards

  • Our mission is to be advisors and advocates for families before, during, and after divorce, with a passionate and intelligent devotion to excellence. Don't face this process... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Adoption, and 20 more

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Brittney Scene Archie
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Stagg and Associates, PLLC

4.9
145 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • Experienced. Reputable. Responsive. Family Law, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Attorney Serving Houston, Texas Since 2002

  • Estate Planning LawyersAdoption, Assault and Battery, and 15 more

R. Nicole Stagg
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1-800 The Wolf Accident Attorneys

5.0
5 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers1 award

  • The Siddique Firm is proud to represent victims of Personal Injury, and our expert attorneys will work tirelessly to secure the justice that you deserve. Call Now for a Free Case... Read More

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Aaron Siddique
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Murrah & Killough, PLLC

4.9
43 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 7 lawyers1 award

  • Experienced Senior Business Law Attorneys To Help Your Business GrowOur approach to the law allows businesses to obtain all of the benefits of experienced in-house business counsel... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, and 2 more

Kathleen Witkovski
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Greer, Herz & Adams, L.L.P.

4.6
41 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 25 lawyers2 awards

  • Formed over seventy years ago on Galveston Island, Texas, Greer, Herz & Adams, L.L.P., one of the largest law firms based in Galveston, has grown from a three lawyer practice... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersCivil Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, and 8 more

David Booth
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Riddle & Butts, LLP

5.0
44 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers2 awards

  • Honoring your faith and trust in us by providing peace of mind and security through estate planning, estate administration, and asset protection strategies.

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Tamorah Christine Butts
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Law Office of Michele O'Brien, P.C.

5.0
3 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • BOARD CERTIFIED IN ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE

  • Estate Planning LawyersFinancial Planning, Trust Law, and 15 more

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Michele N. O'Brien
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Law Office of Mike Aduddell

5.0
37 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • For more than 37 years I have strived to help Texans resolve family law matters and defend against criminal charges. I have a deep understanding of how the system works and move... Read More

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Mike Aduddell
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Lobman, Carnahan, Batt, Angelle & Nader A Professional Corporation

4.6
31 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 12 lawyers1 award

  • In 1979 Edward Lobman and Burt Carnahan founded the law firm of Lobman, Carnahan, Batt, Angelle & Nader. Located in the central business districts of New Orleans, Louisiana and... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersGeneral Civil Practice, Trial Practice, and 43 more

James P. Nader
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Law Office of Maria Lowry, PLLC

4.1
23 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • Dedicated Houston Family Attorney. Call Today.

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Child Custody, and 18 more

Maria Lowry
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Swain Law Firm, P.C.

5.0
7 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • The Swain Law Firm, P. C., is a Houston based law firm concentrating its practice in Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Trust Law.

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate, Real Estate, and 46 more

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S. Tyler Swain
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Shelly A. Merchant

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  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Modification Orders, Adoption Law, Prenuptial Agreements, Child Support, Paternity, Mediation, Probate, Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney &... Read More

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Shelly A. Merchant
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Law Office of Sharon C. Stodghill

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Board Certified Estate Planning and Probate Law

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate, Guardianship, and 4 more

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Sharon C. Stodghill
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The Law Office of Larry P. Smith

5.0
2 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Wills, Probate, Real Estate, Business Law, Business/Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Divorce, Powers Of Attorney, Deeds, Contracts, Leases, Marital Agreements, Child Support,... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersWills, Probate, and 37 more

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Larry P. Smith
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Boswell Law Firm, PLLC

3.8
16 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • The Boswell Law Firm, PLLC was founded to provide clients in Houston and nearby communities with the personalized focus and careful attention that that their cases deserve. In... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim Cases, and 22 more

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Duana Boswell-Loechel
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Law Offices of Craig Seldin PLLC

5.0
4 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Aggressive trial representation. Will not jeopardize the client's case with a quick plea. Not intimidated by the District attorney. Will fight for your constitutional rights!... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersCivil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Business Transactions and Litigation, and 299 more

Craig Seldin
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Laura Dale & Associates, P.C.

4.8
118 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 12 lawyers4 awards

  • Laura Dale & Associates, is a full-service family law firm providing representation in domestic family law and international divorce, custody, and child abduction cases. We take a... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Divorce, and 53 more

Liza Greene
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John O. Yow, PLLC

5.0
7 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • A law firm practicing estate planning law.

  • Estate Planning LawyersWills, Trusts and Estates, and 7 more

  • Free Consultation

John O. Yow
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Bragg Law PC

5.0
125 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • Caring, personalized legal services that put you and your family first. Let us handle all your probate & estate planning needs so you can focus on your family. Call now to... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate, Wills, and 29 more

Melanie Bragg
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Ace Law

4.8
80 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers2 awards

  • Ace Law, led by Kevin Acevedo—a Texas trial lawyer with more than a decade of courtroom experience—focuses on personal injury and criminal defense. The firm pursues full... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersPersonal Injury, Auto Accidents, and 8 more

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Patricia A. Cantu
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Ned Gill III, Attorney at Law

4.8
64 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • Ned Gill III has a long family history in Texas. He is a fourth generation Houstonian and a sixth generation Texan. His great-great-great-grandfather, Abner Smith Lipscomb, was the... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Divorce / Dissolution, and 7 more

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McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel A Professional Corporation

4.7
77 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 16 lawyers2 awards

  • McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, P.C. was established in its current form by V.W. McLeod, Robert Alexander, Ben Powel and Ervin A. Apffel, Jr. in 1965. The firm is known... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersGeneral Civil Practice, Trial Practice, and 24 more

  • Free Consultation

Genevieve Bacak McGarvey
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Bailey & Galyen, Attorneys at Law

3.7
79 Reviews

  • Serving Humble, TX and Harris County, Texas

  • Law Firm with 34 lawyers2 awards

  • “Our experienced attorneys have aggressively represented injury victims for over 40 years. Let Bailey & Galyen solve your legal puzzle. Contact us today!”

  • Estate Planning LawyersAutomobile Accidents, Personal Injury, and 11 more

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Paul Kennedy
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The Law Office of Patricia Garcia Billings

4.9
95 Reviews

  • 107 W. 1st St., Ste. 201, Humble, TX 77338-3601

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • A law firm practicing estate planning law.

Patricia Billings
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A. Michael Kahn, Jr.

  • P.O. Box 3037, Humble, TX 77347

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  • 19506 Hwy. 59 N., Ste. 305, Humble, TX 77338

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Which is better to do, a living trust or a last will?

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Answered by attorney Ronald Karl Nims (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Ronald K. Nims
Living trusts are excellent devices for older couples that are very organized. In order to make a living trust work, you have to transfer assets regularly into the trust as opposed to personally owned. ?You have to track asset sales (if you sell a car owned by the trust, the proceeds are trust money not personal money. With younger couples, there is a tendency to ignore the technicalities of the trust and treat all assets as personal, then when there is a death the judge has no choice but to declare the trust has no assets and then you don't have a will or a trust. As an aside, there are a number of shady life insurance or investment salespeople who push living trusts very hard like they are the solution to every problem but what happens is the second they get your payment for the life insurance, they disappear and you get no help in implementing and maintaining the trust. A living trust is a way to avoid the costs of probate but the cost of a properly executed living trust - for most families is more than the cost of probate. ?Obviously, a wealthy family (assets in excess of $10 million) has entirely different considerations, particularly a family that controls a successful business. For most couples, wills and a careful review of the non-probate assets - (life insurance, IRAs, 401(k)s, annuities, inheritances, pensions and various other assets ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY THE WILL - this is a particular problem where the couple isn't married) are the best option.
Living trusts are excellent devices for older couples that are very organized. In order to make a living trust work, you have to transfer assets regularly into the trust as opposed to personally owned. ?You have to track asset sales (if you sell a car owned by the trust, the proceeds are trust money not personal money. With younger couples, there is a tendency to ignore the technicalities of the trust and treat all assets as personal, then when there is a death the judge has no choice but to declare the trust has no assets and then you don't have a will or a trust. As an aside, there are a number of shady life insurance or investment salespeople who push living trusts very hard like they are the solution to every problem but what happens is the second they get your payment for the life insurance, they disappear and you get no help in implementing and maintaining the trust. A living trust is a way to avoid the costs of probate but the cost of a properly executed living trust - for most families is more than the cost of probate. ?Obviously, a wealthy family (assets in excess of $10 million) has entirely different considerations, particularly a family that controls a successful business. For most couples, wills and a careful review of the non-probate assets - (life insurance, IRAs, 401(k)s, annuities, inheritances, pensions and various other assets ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY THE WILL - this is a particular problem where the couple isn't married) are the best option.
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Do I have to leave each child something when I do my estate planning?

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Answered by attorney Gregory Herman-Giddens (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
No, but your will should be drafted carefully to help avoid challenges by your heirs who are left out.
No, but your will should be drafted carefully to help avoid challenges by your heirs who are left out.

What is the difference between setting up a will using online vs an attorney?

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Answered by attorney Terry Lynn Garrett
Estate Planning lawyer at The Garrett Law Firm, PLLC
First, your 401k passes to your spouse under federal law and then to any designated beneficiary on a form you complete and file with the plan administrator.  It should not pass under your Will, but will if you have no spouse and have not completed and filed a designated beneficiary form. Second, if your bank accounts are "joint with right of survivor" or "pay on death," they, too, pass outside your Will. Third, your house can pass outside your Will and free of Medicaid Estate Recovery using a Transfer on Death or a Lady Bird Deed. Fourth, if the royalties are mineral rights, this approach could also be used. But you do need a Will, if only as backup.  Some title companies are uncomfortable with Transfer on Death and, to a lesser extent, Lady Bird Deeds. If you get an online Will (and I have seen those prepared by several vendors), it is likely to be inadequate and you are very likely not to execute it with all the legal requirements, leading to an intestacy.  The Will will not be worth the paper it is written on.  Moreover, those vendors have no skin in the game.  An attorney not only risks a bad online review, a loss of reputation at the court and among colleagues, but a malpractice suit -- and you benefit from the required malpractice insurance.  Until the Texas Supreme Court creates a Will form (which it has been working on for years), you and whomever you want to leave things to, are much safer with a Will drafted by an attorney and addressing your particular circumstances.  You will also find that a good estate planning attorney will provide much more than a Will:  documents to help you stay in charge of your medical care and finances while you are alive, information sheets and guidance for your executor, and counseling building on the information above.  You can be penny wise and pound foolish, or pay extra to an online vendor for a few other documents and risk going without important legal, tax and financial counsel, but is that really what you want?  
First, your 401k passes to your spouse under federal law and then to any designated beneficiary on a form you complete and file with the plan administrator.  It should not pass under your Will, but will if you have no spouse and have not completed and filed a designated beneficiary form. Second, if your bank accounts are "joint with right of survivor" or "pay on death," they, too, pass outside your Will. Third, your house can pass outside your Will and free of Medicaid Estate Recovery using a Transfer on Death or a Lady Bird Deed. Fourth, if the royalties are mineral rights, this approach could also be used. But you do need a Will, if only as backup.  Some title companies are uncomfortable with Transfer on Death and, to a lesser extent, Lady Bird Deeds. If you get an online Will (and I have seen those prepared by several vendors), it is likely to be inadequate and you are very likely not to execute it with all the legal requirements, leading to an intestacy.  The Will will not be worth the paper it is written on.  Moreover, those vendors have no skin in the game.  An attorney not only risks a bad online review, a loss of reputation at the court and among colleagues, but a malpractice suit -- and you benefit from the required malpractice insurance.  Until the Texas Supreme Court creates a Will form (which it has been working on for years), you and whomever you want to leave things to, are much safer with a Will drafted by an attorney and addressing your particular circumstances.  You will also find that a good estate planning attorney will provide much more than a Will:  documents to help you stay in charge of your medical care and finances while you are alive, information sheets and guidance for your executor, and counseling building on the information above.  You can be penny wise and pound foolish, or pay extra to an online vendor for a few other documents and risk going without important legal, tax and financial counsel, but is that really what you want?  
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