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  • Home
  • About
  • Our Team
    • Estate Planning Attorneys
      • Kyle Robbins, Esq.
      • John Strickland, Esq.
      • Calla Sprague, Esq.
      • Mercedes Salazar-Campirano, Esq.
      • Phillip Arendall, Esq.
    • Estate Planning Consultants
      • Courtney Bowden
      • Macy Fetchel
    • Probate Attorneys
      • Anna White, Esq.
      • Rashmi Krishnappa, Esq.
      • Sean Patrick King, Esq.
    • Paralegals
      • Daniela Ritchie
      • Zak Thomas
    • Client Coordinators
      • Staci Hunter
      • Jodi Fetchel
      • Josseling Espinoza
      • Ashley Spencer
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    • Do All Wills Have to Go Through Probate in Texas?
    • When Is Probate Necessary & Not Necessary in Texas?
    • Do I Have to Pay an Inheritance Tax in Texas?
    • How to Avoid Medicaid Estate Recovery in Texas
    • Who Inherits Property If There Is No Will in Texas?
    • Pros and Cons of a Life Estate in Texas
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    • What Happens If A Will Is Not Probated?
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    • What If the Executor Does Not Probate the Will?
    • How Long Do You Have to Probate a Will in Texas?
    • How to Avoid Probate in Texas: The Dos & Don'ts
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    • Does a Surviving Spouse Need Probate in Texas?
    • Who Needs A Trust In Texas?
    • How to Prove Common-Law Marriage in Texas
    • Can You Probate a Will Without a Lawyer?
    • How Much Does an Estate Have to Be Worth to Go to Probate in Texas?
    • Can a Life Insurance Beneficiary Refuse the Proceeds?
    • Is Probate Necessary If There Are No Assets?
    • How Detailed Does an Estate Inventory Need to Be?
    • Texas Will Requirements: What Makes a Will Valid?
    • Joint Wills in Texas: Pros & Cons for Married Couples
    • How Do You Settle an Estate Without a Will in Texas?
    • Guardianship vs. Power Of Attorney: What Is the Difference?
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    • How Are Damages Calculated in a Breach of Fiduciary Duty Case in Texas?
    • Planning for High Net Worth Estates
    • 6 Best Estate Planning Lawyers in Texas
    • How Do You Stop Common Law Marriage in Texas?
    • Does Texas Recognize Wills from Other States?
    • Who Pays Attorney Litigation Fees for an Estate in Texas?
    • How to Sue for Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas
    • How Much Does It Cost to Contest a Will in Texas & Who Pays?
    • Understanding Legal Guardianship for Adults with Disabilities in Austin, Texas
    • Common Examples of Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas
    • Dependent Administration vs. Independent Administration in Texas
    • Is a Handwritten Will Legal in Texas
    • Estate Administrator vs. Executor: Key Differences
    • How and Where to File Probate in Travis County
    • What Damages Are Available for Breach of Fiduciary Duty?
    • How Do You File for Probate in Houston?
    • Guidelines for Obtaining Guardianship in Texas
    • Can You Sue a Trustee for Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Texas?
    • Is Common Law Marriage Legally Binding in Texas
    • What Happens During the Process of Trust Litigation in Texas
    • What Does Joint Ownership With Right Of Survivorship Or Payable On Death Mean In A Texas Probate?
    • Critical Questions to Ask Your Texas Probate Attorney
    • How Much Does Estate Planning Cost in Texas?
    • 6 Best Estate Planning Attorneys in Austin
    • What Are Fiduciary Responsibilities under ERISA?
    • What Is a Ladybird Deed?
    • 5 Trends to Look out for in Estate Planning in 2025
    • The Cost of Not Having an Estate Plan: Risks and Consequences
    • How to Talk to Your Family About Your Estate Plan
    • Top 10 Common Estate Planning Myths Debunked
    • What Are the 7 Steps in the Estate Planning Process?
    • What’s the Difference Between a Will and Estate Planning?
    • How Much Does Probate Cost in Texas?
    • What Are the Services Associated with Estate Planning?
    • What Is the Best Type of Trust for a Married Couple?
    • Who Benefits Most from Estate Planning?
    • Can a Surviving Spouse Change a Bypass Trust?
    • What Is a Bypass Trust?
    • What Is a QTIP Trust and How Does It Work?
    • What Are the Three Goals of Estate Planning?
    • What Makes a Trust an IDGT?
    • How to Choose the Right Estate Planning Attorney
    • What Is a SLAT in a Trust?
    • What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of a QTIP Trust?
    • What Is the Most Common Form of Estate Planning?
    • What Is the 5 by 5 Power Rule in Estate Planning?
    • What Is the Purpose of a Gift Trust?
    • What Are the Best Assets to Fund a SLAT With?
    • Which Trusts Avoid Probate?
    • How Long Does a Spendthrift Trust Last?
    • Who Pays Taxes on a Spendthrift Trust?
    • Does a Bypass Trust Avoid Probate?
    • What Is an AB Trust and How Does It Work?
    • Preventing Family Disputes Over Inheritance
    • What Happens in Probate Court?
    • Why Do You Need a Trust?
    • Can You Write Your Own Will? Pros and Cons of DIY Wills
    • What Is a Revocable Living Trust?
    • What Is Probate Law?
    • Different Types of Wills
    • Williamson County Probate Timeline: What Families Can Expect
    • How Can Robbins Estate Law Help You with Your Estate Planning in Austin?
    • Can You Withdraw Money From a Deceased Parent's Bank Account?
    • How Much Do Lawyers Charge to Set up a Trust in Texas?
    • Do Digital Assets Go Through Probate in Austin?
    • What is the Most Common Inheritance Mistake in Texas?
    • How a QTIP Trust Protects Children From a First Marriage in a Texas Blended Family
    • Protecting Your Creative Legacy: How Texas Musicians and Artists Can Use Trusts to Control Post-Mortem Royalties
    • Partition Sale Risk When Mineral Rights Pass to Multiple Heirs in Texas
    • What is the Most Common Inheritance Mistake Texans Make?
    • California to Texas: The Austin Transplant Guide to Updating an Out-of-State Trust for Texas Probate
    • The West Lake Hills Real Estate Trap: Why Transfer-on-Death Deeds Can Jeopardize Your Austin Homestead Exemption
    • How to Probate an Estate with Texas Mineral Interests
    • Royalty Income During Texas Probate: What Happens to the Checks?
    • Putting Royalty Income Into a Trust: A Texas Landowner's Guide
    • How a Missing Will Traps a Minor's Inheritance in Texas Probate
    • Texas Blended Family Faces Probate Nightmare: No Will, No Trust, and a Minor Child
    • The Hidden Cost of Online Wills in Travis County: How DIY Estate Planning Creates 10x the Probate Fees for Austin Families
    • Why a Standard Will Might Force Your Family into Williamson County Probate Court for a Sun City Home
    • The Sun City Deferral: How Georgetown Seniors Can Freeze Property Taxes Without Losing Their Homestead
    • The Probate-Free Way to Pass Down Your Texas Home
    • The Hidden Trap of Joint Bank Accounts at Georgetown Banks: Convenience vs. Estate Planning
    • Downsizing to Georgetown: Correctly Moving Out-of-State Trust Assets Into Texas Real Estate
    • Estate Planning for Elderly Parents in Georgetown, Texas: A Guide for Sun City Families
    • When Assets Become Liabilities: How the Texas 5-Year Medicaid Lookback Impacts a Parent's Home Equity
    • The Sun City Wellness Check: What to Do When a Parent Refuses to Sign a Texas Medical Directive
    • Who Clears the House? How a Texas Living Trust Spares Adult Children a Post-Funeral Logistics Crisis
    • Managing from Afar: The Texas POA Requirements Every Out-of-State Child with Parents in Sun City Needs
    • Austin Physician Disability Planning: Protecting Your Practice and Income When You Can't Work
    • Who Will Run Your Business If You're Gone? Choosing a Successor in Your Austin Estate Plan
    • Life Insurance and Estate Liquidity: Covering Taxes Without Selling Your Austin Business
    • Should You Put Your Austin Business in a Trust? Avoiding Probate for Your Company
    • When Mineral Rights Pass to Multiple Heirs: Partition Risk in Texas Probate
    • How Split-Estate Mineral Rights Pass to Heirs in Texas
    • Muniment, Small Estate Affidavit, or Affidavit of Heirship: Which Clears a Texas House Title?
    • Muniment of Title: Transferring a Texas Home Without Full Probate
    • Can a Nursing Home Take Your Austin Home if It's in a Trust?
    • The Texas Small Estate Affidavit: Transferring a Home Without Full Probate
    • Does Your Homestead Exemption and Tax Ceiling Survive if Your Home Is in a Trust?
    • Should You Put Your Austin Home in a Trust?
    • TOD Deed vs. Lady Bird Deed vs. Living Trust for a Texas Home
    • Can a Hospice or Terminally Ill Patient Still Sign a Will in Texas?
    • Will, POA, or Directive: What to Sign First When Time Is Short
    • Hospice Planning: The Legal Steps Texas Families Forget
    • The Texas End-of-Life Checklist: Documents to Get in Order
    • What Happens to Your Bitcoin When You Die? A Texas Estate Planning Guide for Crypto and Digital Asset Holders
    • How Texas Short-Term Rental Investors Use Series LLCs and Trusts to Protect Their Portfolio and Their Family
    • What Texas Teachers Get Wrong About TRS Survivor Benefits and Their Estate Plan
    • VA Aid & Attendance and Texas Estate Planning: What Austin Veterans Need to Know Before They Need Long-Term Care
    • What Happens to an Austin Medical Practice When the Doctor Dies?
    • Why Austin Physicians Need More Than a Will: Asset Protection Against Malpractice
    • Travis County Probate Filing Fees and Court Costs
    • Do You Need a Probate Lawyer in Travis County? Flat-Fee vs. Hourly
    • What Is the Difference Between a General Power of Attorney and a Medical Power of Attorney in Texas?
    • You Already Have a Will, But Is It Wrong for Texas? Why Out-of-State Estate Plans Fail Under Texas Probate Law
    • What Is the Difference Between a Power of Attorney and a Durable Power of Attorney in Texas?
    • What Is the Difference Between a Power of Attorney and an Executor in Texas?
    • How Much Can You Inherit Tax-Free in Texas?
    • How Much Does a Power of Attorney Cost in Texas?
    • What Happens if Your Named Executor Cannot Serve in Texas?
    • When a Husband Dies, What Is the Wife Entitled to in Texas?
    • Dynasty Trusts in Texas: Passing Wealth Across Generations
    • Estate Planning for High-Value Rollingwood Homes: Protecting a Luxury Homestead
    • Advanced Estate Planning for Ultra-High-Net-Worth Texas Families
    • Who Can Help Me Plan a Large Estate in West Lake Hills?
    • How Robbins Estate Law Helps High-Net-Worth Austin Families
    • How Robbins Estate Law Protects Generational Wealth for Rollingwood Families
    • What Are Letters Testamentary in Texas and How Do You Get Them?
    • Power of Attorney vs. Conservatorship in Texas: What Austin Families Need to Know
    • What Is a Child Entitled to When a Parent Dies Without a Will in Texas?
    • What Is a Living Will in Texas and Do You Need One?
    • Texas Asset Protection Trusts: What State Law Allows and What It Does Not
    • When Dementia Hits the Boardroom: How Austin Business Owners Use Springing Powers of Attorney to Prevent Operational Paralysis
    • Preserving the Central Texas Ranch: Why Families Miss the IRS Special Use Valuation Window - and What It Costs Them
    • What Austin Tech Employees Need to Know About RSUs and Their Estate Plan
    • Do You Need Ancillary Probate for a Texas House if the Deceased Lived Out of State?
    • How Do You Avoid Probate When Selling Inherited Property in Austin?
    • What Types of Liens Can Attach to an Inherited House in Austin, Texas?
    • Can an Out-of-State Executor Handle a Texas Probate? Texas Resident Agent Rules Explained
    • How Do You Divide an Inherited House in Austin Between Siblings?
    • Inherited a Meyerland Home With No Will? Affidavit of Heirship vs. Muniment of Title in Harris County
    • How to Clear Title on an Inherited Meyerland Home Before Selling It As-Is
    • How Long Does Harris County Probate Take?
    • Selling an Inherited Meyerland Lot to a Builder: What Probate Has to Happen First
    • How River Oaks (ROPO) Deed Restrictions Affect Passing Your Home Through a Trust
    • Estate Planning for River Oaks Oil, Gas, and Mineral-Rights Heirs
    • How To Keep a River Oaks Boulevard or Lazy Lane Estate Off the Public Probate Record?
    • When One River Oaks Home Exceeds the Federal Estate Tax Exemption: SLATs, GRATs, and ILITs
    • How River Oaks Business Owners Pass a Company to Their Heirs at a Discount
    • How to Find Travis County Probate Court Records and Check the Docket
    • The Digital Assets Your Will Forgets: A Guide for Austin Tech Professionals
    • Coordinating Digital Assets With Oil, Gas, Real Estate and Business Interests: A Houston Estate Guide
    • Digital Legacy for Houston Families: Online Accounts, Crypto and Cloud Storage After Death
    • Who Can Legally Access Your Online Accounts When You Die? Texas RUFADAA Explained
    • How to Fund a Living Trust in Texas (and Why an Unfunded Trust Fails)
    • Living Trust vs. Will in Texas: Cost, Probate, and Which One You Need
    • Who Will Raise Your Children? A Cedar Park Parent's Guide to Guardianship and Wills
    • How Tax Exposure Impacts Estate Planning for High Net Worth Individuals in Austin
    • How Robbins Estate Law Helps High-Net-Worth Houston Families
    • How Robbins Estate Law Helps High-Net-Worth Memorial Families
    • Charitable Trusts in Texas: How to Give, Cut Estate Taxes, and Leave a Legacy
    • Legacy Planning vs Estate Planning: What's the Difference in Texas?
    • Texas Gun Trusts: How an NFA Firearms Trust Works and Whether You Need One
    • Pet Trusts in Texas: How to Set Up a Trust That Cares for Your Pets
    • How Tarrytown, Pemberton Heights & Old Enfield Deed Restrictions and Historic Overlays Affect Passing Your Home Through a Trust
    • Keeping Your Tarrytown Home Off the Public Record: Why West Austin Families Use a Living Trust Instead of a Will
    • Passing Down a Decades-Held Pemberton Heights Family Home Without Forcing a Probate Sale
    • Naming a Guardian for Your Children: An Estate Planning Guide for West University Families
    • Malpractice-Aware Asset Protection for West University & Texas Medical Center Physicians
    • Leaving an Inheritance to Minor Children in Texas: Why West University Families Use a Trust Instead of an Outright Gift
    • Do Stepchildren Inherit in Texas If There's No Will?
    • Special Needs Trust in Texas: Protecting Your Disabled Loved One's Benefits
    • High-Value Home Probate in Tarrytown and West Austin: Protecting the Family Estate
    • Updating Your Estate Plan After Divorce or Remarriage in Texas
    • Why a Will Isn't Enough to Protect Your Child: The Texas Declaration of Guardian
    • Estate Planning for Lakefront Homeowners on Lake Austin and Lake Travis
    • 5 Assets You Should Never Put in a Living Trust (Texas)
    • The Downsides of a Dynasty Trust: What Texas Families Should Weigh
    • What Is a Generation-Skipping Trust and How Does It Work in Texas?
    • The 6 Worst Assets to Inherit in Texas (and How to Handle Them)
    • Settling a Closely-Held Business Interest in West University Place Through Harris County Probate
    • Probating a Physician's Estate: Winding Down a Medical Practice in West University Place
    • Who Can Help Settle a High-Net-Worth Estate in West University Place?
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