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How Incentive Trusts Encourage Beneficiaries to Achieve Meaningful Life GoalsIncentive trusts use conditional distributions to encourage education, career success, or sobriety. An East Texas trust attorney clearly explains how they work.
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Qualified Personal Residence Trusts for Property Transfers: Estate Tax Discount and Key RisksQualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRTs) allow you to transfer your home to heirs at a reduced taxable value. See how this trust strategy works in TX and AR.
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Create a Medical Power of Attorney That Reflects Your Health Care ValuesYour medical POA should reflect your care values, not just legal requirements. Get guidance on conversations, advance directives, and state-specific rules.
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How to Make Sure Your Medical Power of Attorney Actually Works When It CountsYour medical power of attorney could fail when it matters most. Our lawyers explain what hospitals require and how to avoid rejection in Texas and Arkansas.
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Texas and Arkansas Estate Planning Strategies for Reducing Capital Gains TaxesSmart Estate Planning can help reduce capital gains taxes on asset transfers. Our Texas and Arkansas Attorney outlines tax-efficient inheritance strategies.
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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Fiduciary for Texas and Arkansas Estate PlansChoosing between family and professional trustees? Ross & Shoalmire Estate Lawyers explain professional fiduciary factors for Texas and Arkansas families.
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What Texas Families Need to Know About Estate Planning and the One Big Beautiful Bill ActOur Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorneys explain how the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act impacts your estate plan, taxes, and long-term care strategies.
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Comprehensive Estate Plans Consider Long-Term Care and Medicaid PlanningTexas estate planning attorney explains integrating long-term care strategies, Medicaid planning, and smart asset protection into comprehensive estate plans.
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The Harsh Reality of International Estate Planning: Assets in Foreign Countries Require Extra ProtectionEstate planning doesn’t have to be difficult, but people who own assets in other countries face big risks that others don’t.
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Keeping Your Non-Traditional Family Safe from Legal UncertaintyThe law doesn’t always accommodate non-traditional families. Here’s how you could protect your loved ones’ rights to an inheritance.