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Welcome To IT&LG
International Trust and Law Group (IT&LG) focuses its practice exclusively in the area of asset protection, estate planning, special needs planning, contract enforcement, wills and probate. We offer estate planning, asset protection planning, business planning and retirement exit strategies and legal advice.
About Us
IT&LG mission statement is to honor God, our clients, our families, and our community by providing each of our clients with the finest legal counseling possible. We endeavor to serve our clients by exceeding their expectations in every way, but especially by providing an ongoing personal relationship with them over the course of their lives
Our Services
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Estate Planning
There are many legal strategies involved in estate planning, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care document.
Probate and Estate
Beyond grief and pain, when you add external stresses to the equation you can have a disaster on your hands in very short order.
Special Needs Planning
Elder law is another aspect of estate planning, focusing primarily on the needs of families and individuals as they age.
Asset Protection
Asset protection planning involves making prudent decisions today to protect yourself, your business, and your hard-earned assets from loss.
Business Shield
Getting your business up and running is just the start of a successful enterprise.
Probate & Trust Administration
Assets transferred outside of a will, such as by operation of law, or those planned for in a trust are handled through an Administration process.
Meetings with attorneys always seem to deal with the WHAT and HOW of estate planning and probate. At Texas Trust Law we call ourselves The Peace of Mind People®. We want to take a moment and tell you WHY we do what we do.
Here is the WHY of Texas Trust Law: We LOVE taking complex legal concepts and making those understandable to our clients and their advisors so they can take action. That then allows us to bring peace of mind to our clients and their family if they become incapacitated, at death, and when they are concerned about protecting themselves, their wealth, and their loved ones from predators, problematic family members and the IRS.
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FAQ
Estate planning can often seem overwhelming and confusing. To add some clarity to the process, our attorneys have compiled a list of our FAQs about estate planning in the space below. If you have further inquiries, do not hesitate to contact our office, and we will happily answer your questions.
Probate is the court and process that looks after people who cannot make their own personal, health care and financial decisions. These people fall into three general categories: Minor Children (under age 18 in most states); Incapacitated Adults; and People who have died without legal arrangements to avoid probate. Probate proceedings can be expensive and time-consuming. Additionally, the court proceeding and associated documents are all a matter of public record. Many people choose to avoid probate in order to save money, spare their heirs a legal hassle, and keep their personal affairs private.
This is the most common form of asset ownership between spouses. Joint tenancy (or TBE) has the advantage of avoiding probate at the death of the first spouse. However, the surviving spouse should not add the names of other relatives to their assets. Doing so may subject their assets to loss through the debts, bankruptcies, divorces and/or lawsuits of any additional joint tenants. Joint tenancy planning also may result in unnecessary death taxes on the estate of a married couple.
The document a person signs to provide for the orderly disposition of assets after death. Wills do not avoid probate. Wills have no legal authority until the willmaker dies and the original will is delivered to the Probate Court. Still, everyone with minor children needs a will. It is the only way to appoint the new “parent” of an orphaned child. Special testamentary trust provisions in a will can provide for the management and distribution of assets for your heirs. Additionally, assets can be arranged and coordinated with provisions of the testamentary trusts to avoid death taxes.
Sometimes called an Advance Medical Directive, a living will allows you to state your wishes in advance regarding what types of medical life support measures you prefer to have, or have withheld/withdrawn if you are in a terminal condition (without reasonable hope of recovery) and cannot express your wishes yourself. Oftentimes a living will is executed along with a Durable Power of Attorney for Health care, which gives someone legal authority to make your health care decisions when you are unable to do so yourself.
