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Estate Planning

Protectwhat you built.

An estate plan isn't just about documents. It's about control, protection, and what happens next for the people who depend on you.

What we handle

Protect What You've Built

An estate plan is not paperwork. It is control over what happens next — for the people who depend on you.

Wills

Trusts

Healthcare Directives

Guardianship Planning

Succession Planning

Estate Administration

T. Christopher Lewis at his desk reviewing planning documents

Legacy & control

Decisions made noware decisionsno one has to guess.

Without a plan, Texas law and a probate court decide the sequence — often slower, more publicly, and more expensively than a family expects.

A plan sets out who decides, who receives, who raises your children, and what happens if you are alive but unable to speak for yourself.

For business owners, succession planning keeps an operating company from becoming an estate asset nobody is authorized to run.

01

Young families

Guardianship designations and simple trust structures matter more than net worth at this stage.

02

Professionals & owners

Titling, beneficiary designations and succession terms determine whether a plan actually works.

03

Retirees

Directives, powers of attorney and administration planning reduce the burden placed on family later.

The process

How your matter moves forward.

01

Inventory

Assets, accounts, titling, beneficiaries and dependents.

02

Design

Wills, trusts and directives matched to your actual situation.

03

Execution

Documents signed, witnessed and notarized correctly.

04

Maintenance

Review after major life, family or business changes.

Questions

Answers first.

It depends on your assets, your family structure, and whether avoiding probate is a priority. Many Texas families are well served by a will plus properly titled accounts.

Texas intestacy statutes decide who inherits — which may not match your intentions, especially in blended families.

After marriage, divorce, births, deaths, a business change, or a significant move — and otherwise every few years.

Flat-fee planning packages and current pricing are confirmed in writing before work begins.

Free & confidential

Your futuredeservesa strategy.

Tell us what's happening. We'll help you understand what comes next.

T. Christopher Lewis, Dallas–Fort Worth attorney
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