Estate Planning

Estate Planning Focused On Your Needs

Handling paperwork and estate administration after a loved one’s death is difficult. Making a plan for your legal affairs is one of the greatest gifts you can give to your surviving family members. A professional Last Will and Testament and other estate documents will ensure your assets go where you intend.

When someone dies without a will, their family is often left with hard decisions, extra costs, and sometimes conflict, all while they're grieving. Without a plan, Texas law decides who inherits your property, and it may not be what you would have wanted. A good estate plan puts those choices in your hands.

Drafting a will is an easy thing to put off, but it is foundational in documenting your wishes. You are never too young or too old to plan for the future. Everyone benefits from having a customized Estate Planning package, regardless of age, family situation, income level, or estate size. Making a plan for your legal affairs is one of the greatest gifts you can give to your surviving family members. A professional Last Will and Testament and other estate documents will ensure your assets go where you intend.

Convenient, All-In-One Will Package

We make it easy for you. Our all-in-one will package includes five main documents that detail how your assets should be distributed upon death and your health care and financial preferences should you become incapacitated.

Our “all-in-one” will package includes these documents:

• Last Will and Testament

• Statutory Durable Power of Attorney

• Advanced Health Care Directive/Living Will

• Medical Power of Attorney

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization

• Lady Bird deeds and transfer on death deeds

• Reviewing beneficiary designations and titles

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Can’t drive or get transportation to our office?

A member of our team will come to you. Our customized, concierge-style approach will ensure that your needs are met regardless of your physical limitations.  

Probate & Estate Administration

Guiding you through Probate & Estate Administration

Our Firm wants to help you deal with all the difficult aspects of losing a loved one, and the burdensome process of distributing their Estate. Dealing with probate after a loved one dies can be all-consuming. You still may be grieving the loss and reviewing paperwork that isn’t your priority.

At the Griffith Law Firm, we’ll come to your aid if you need assistance probating a loved one’s will to ensure their wishes are carried out, or distributing the Estate if there was no drafted will or estate plan in place. Our client-focused approach is ready to help you through every step, making an otherwise complicated process go smoothly. At the Griffith Law Firm, we have assisted clients administer estate plans and probate wills for over 60 years. We will help you and your family get through the process as easily and painlessly as possible.

You may be the executor named in the will or the agreed-upon estate administrator, or the Trustee of a Revocable Living Trust and don’t know where to begin. You are not alone. Call to find out your next steps, and how to ensure you are acting as a Fiduciary of the Estate. 

Our intelligent approach to probate and estate administration can assist you with:

• Debt payoffs

• Asset distribution to beneficiaries

• Obtaining Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration

• Small Estate Affidavits

• Final completion of estate

Trust Planning

Protecting What Matters Most

A trust can help your family avoid probate, keep your affairs private, and provide for loved ones exactly the way you want. We help you decide whether a trust makes sense for you and set up revocable living trusts that fit your goals.