by springdalelaw | Mar 6, 2023 | Estate Planning
Help Your Loved Ones with an Estate Planning Expert Everyone in the U.S. has health insurance, rental insurance, and car insurance but rarely have estate planning. We have health insurance not because we will see doctors tomorrow, that’s called insurance....
by springdalelaw | Mar 6, 2023 | Estate Planning
What is a Lifetime Asset Protection Trust? A lifetime asset protection trust (LAPT) is a type of irrevocable trust that is used as an estate planning tool to protect assets from potential creditors while allowing the grantor (the person who establishes the trust) to...
by springdalelaw | Mar 6, 2023 | Estate Planning
A/B trusts and Clayton QTIP are estate planning tools that can help couples reduce estate taxes and preserve their assets for their heirs. Here is an overview of each trust: A/B Trust: An A/B trust, also known as a bypass trust or a credit shelter trust, is a...
by springdalelaw | Dec 22, 2021 | Divorce, Law Blogs, Marriage
Alimony is called spousal maintenance in Texas and courts don’t really want to award spousal maintenance in most cases. There are only a few instances when a court in Texas will award spousal support and it will always be for a set amount of time and for a set amount...
by springdalelaw | Dec 10, 2021 | Law Blogs, Marriage
Legally, no. You are not able to sign a Pre-Nuptial Agreement after you have gotten married, but you are able to sign a Post-Marital Agreement that does roughly the same thing. Texas courts will accept a Post-Marital Agreement if the couple hires an attorney to draft...