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While you are alive, you give your family your support and your love. Thoughtful estate planning lets you continue to care for your family after you are gone. With the proper estate planning, you can ensure that your assets are preserved for your loved ones and that your family is protected and provided for after your death.

Estate planning is about more than distributing your belongings and assigning a guardian for your minor children. It is also about protecting your rights if you are ever unable to make decisions for yourself.  This is why everyone over the age of eighteen, regardless of income, should have an estate plan.

The Ashmore Law Firm, PC is a family-owned company that has been providing Dallas residents with personalized estate planning services of the highest quality for many years. Whether your estate is large or small, there exists a variety of legal tools that can be used to shield your wealth from creditors, protect your dependent children, help a favorite charity, or provide for a dependent spouse.

An estate plan may include the following documents:

Will: A will or will and testament is your legal declaration of how you would like your property to be dispersed after your death.  The will states who you want to receive your personal belongings and assets and it appoints a guardian for your minor children after your death.  Without a will, these decisions are made by the court.  All wills go through the probate process to ensure that they are valid and that any creditors are paid.

Revocable and irrevocable living trusts:  A trust is a legal document created to hold personal or real property such as real estate, stocks, bank accounts and other property.  Trusts are often used to protect wealth or to manage assets by removing the property from the estate.  After the trustee's death, the property is distributed according to the terms of the trust.

There are many types of trusts. An estate planning attorney can help you choose the trust that is right for you and your estate.

Powers of Attorney: Powers of attorney grant another person the legal authority to make medical and financial decisions on your behalf and to act as your legal representative if you are unable to do so.



  1. Statutory Durable Power of Attorney 
  2. Medical Power of Attorney
 
Advance Directive to Physicians or Living Will: A living will allows you to express your wishes regarding continued health care and life saving or life-extending measures. 

There are numerous estate planning vehicles.  Your estate plan will depend on your goals and objectives. An estate planning attorney can help choose the proper estate planning vehicle for you and your estate.

After, you have met with an estate planning attorney and the attorney has drawn the documents, you will want to review them every year to make sure they still reflect your wishes. As your life and family changes, you may want to review your plans and perhaps change them.  We also advise that you an attorney look over the documents to be sure they are still compatible with any changes in federal law.

We also offer free educational presentations on estate planning, wills and trusts.

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The Ashmore Law Firm, P.C.
3636 Maple Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219-3908
(across from Scottish Rite Hospital)

Phone: (214) 559-7202
Toll free: (866) 559-7202
Fax: (214) 520-1550

 
The Ashmore Law Firm, PC provides high quality legal services to residents of Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area: Dallas County, Collin County, Rockwall County, Tarrant County, Denton County and Kaufman County.


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