Wealth Planning & Probate
Sprouse Shrader Smith P.C. represents clients located throughout Texas in wealth planning and probate matters. A Texas business attorney from Sprouse Shrader Smith develops comprehensive estate plans designed to preserve wealth while achieving your goals and objectives. Our expertise in taxation law ensures that careful consideration is given to income, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax consequences, and that your estate plan is prepared with particular sensitivity to taxation issues.
Estate and Tax Planning
Our Texas business law firm assists clients with preparing and executing all of the documents needed to implement a comprehensive wealth protection plan, while minimizing potential tax implications. Our practice encompasses the following:
- Wills
- Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
- Financial Powers of Attorney
- Advance Health Care Directives
- Living Wills
- Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Planning
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
- Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
- Private Annuity Agreements
- Family Limited Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies
- Retirement Benefit Planning
- Business Succession Planning
- Charitable Planning
Trust and Estate Administration
Our Texas business law attorneys possess extensive experience in the area of estate and trust administration, including the settlement of complex estate matters, post-mortem income tax planning, and the use of disclaimers.
Fiduciary and Estate Litigation
We represent clients in all aspects of estate litigation, including probate administration, guardianship, conservatorship, and breach of fiduciary duty matters. A Texas small business lawyer from Sprouse Shrader Smith handles a wide variety of trust and estate litigation matters, including challenges to the validity of estate planning documents, disputes regarding the interpretation of estate planning documents, trust termination proceedings, and trustee removal proceedings.
