Estate Planning Near Lewisville

Coordinate Wills, Trusts, & Incapacity Planning with One Legal Team

An effective estate plan connects property distribution, decision-making authority, family responsibilities, and long-term goals. Our estate planning attorneys serving Lewisville guide clients through how wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and beneficiary decisions can work together. From our Flower Mound location, Burrows Law Group serves individuals and families throughout Lewisville and Denton County. We tailor each plan to the client’s family structure, assets, business interests, and wishes for the future.

Estate Planning Services for Your Life & Legacy

Our estate planning services address lifetime decision-making and the transfer of property after death. We prepare personalized documents based on the client’s circumstances rather than treating a single form as a complete plan.

Our planning services include:

• Wills, including pour-over wills
• Testamentary trusts, living trusts, and irrevocable trusts
• Asset protection planning
• Federal estate and gift tax planning
• Financial and medical powers of attorney
• Advance directives and HIPAA releases
• Planning involving legal permanent residents and nonresident aliens

We consider how these tools fit with property ownership, beneficiary designations, family relationships, and business arrangements. The right combination depends on the client’s assets, responsibilities, and long-term goals.

How Wills & Trusts Serve Different Purposes

A will and a trust can complement each other, but they aren’t interchangeable. We guide clients through whether their circumstances call for a straightforward last will and testament, trust-based planning, or a combination of documents.

Last Wills & Testaments

A will can identify beneficiaries, direct the distribution of covered property, nominate an executor, and nominate guardians for minor children. A pour-over will directs certain remaining assets into an established trust, although those assets may still pass through probate, the court-supervised process for administering an estate.

Trust Planning

A trust holds and manages assets under written instructions. We handle revocable living trusts, which can generally be amended during the creator’s lifetime, and irrevocable trusts, which generally impose greater limits on later changes. We also prepare testamentary trusts created through a will, which can establish terms for managing an inheritance after death.

Plan for Financial & Healthcare Decisions

Estate planning determines who can act if illness or injury prevents someone from managing financial or medical matters. We prepare powers of attorney, advance directives, and HIPAA releases as part of incapacity planning.

Each document serves a distinct purpose:

• Durable power of attorney: Authorizes a chosen agent to handle specified financial or property matters, subject to the document and Texas law.
• Medical power of attorney: Names someone to make healthcare decisions when the person granting authority can’t communicate or decide.
• Advance directive: Records instructions concerning certain medical treatment, including through a living will or directive to physicians.
• HIPAA release: Authorizes the disclosure of protected health information.

Selecting an agent requires careful consideration of trustworthiness, availability, organization, and family dynamics. We explain the scope of authority granted by each document so clients can make informed choices.

Texas & Denton County Estate Considerations

The Texas Estates Code governs many aspects of probate and estate administration. Depending on jurisdiction and court assignment, a Denton County case may proceed through Probate Court No. 1 or Probate Court No. 2. Administration can involve validating a will, appointing a personal representative, gathering assets, addressing debts, and distributing the remaining property.

Not every asset passes under a will. Life insurance, retirement accounts, payable-on-death accounts, and jointly owned property may transfer according to beneficiary or ownership provisions. We review these arrangements alongside estate documents, entity records, contracts, rental properties, partnerships, and other business interests.

Collaborative Counsel for Your Complete Plan

Choosing an estate planning lawyer involves more than requesting documents. Our attorneys take time to understand each client’s circumstances, explain the available options, and assign the case to lawyers suited to the legal issues involved.

Our collaborative practice includes estate planning, family law, and small business formation and representation. When a plan involves marital property, family changes, company ownership, or contractual obligations, clients can draw on perspectives from across our legal team. We also remain available to revisit documents as personal circumstances and legal needs change.

Build a Plan Around What Matters to You

A coordinated plan should reflect your family, property, chosen decision-makers, business interests, and long-term priorities. Whether you need to create new documents or review an existing plan, our team can explain which tools may apply and how they fit together.