Family Law
Our family law attorneys litigate a broad range of divorce and child-custody matters.
Both attorneys in our family law section are available for mediation
services in Travis, Williamson or surrounding counties. Laurie Nowlin
has over 20 years of experience participating in the mediation process
and understands the benefit to her clients of a successful mediation. We represent
Clients in Williamson County and Travis County proceedings that deal
with the following issues:
- Mediation
- Divorce
- Complex Child Custody
- Adoptions
- Protective Orders
- Paternity
- Enforcement Issues
- Modifications
- Complex Property Issues
- Analysis for Division of Property
in Divorce
- Valuation and Characterization
Issues
- Suit Affecting Parent-Child
Relationships
- Grandparent Visitation and Custody
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
Our attorneys handle all aspects
related to the preparation, review, negotiation and contest of
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements.
Estate
Planning (Wills, Trusts,
Estate Planning, and Elder Law)
Our estate planning attorneys represent
individuals, families, financial institutions, and charitable
organizations in all aspects of estate planning as further described
below.
- Simple wills
- Will with children's trust
- Tax planning wills with Tax
Shelter Trust
- Tax planning wills with Tax
Shelter Trust and Marital Trust
- Pour-over wills
- Codicils
- Revocable trusts
- Irrevocable trusts
- Life insurance trusts
- Family limited partnerships
- Grantor retained annuity trusts
- Children's and grandchildren's
trusts
- Charitable lead and charitable
remainder trusts
- Education trusts
- Trust amendments and revocations
- Qualified personal residence
trusts
- Gift deeds
- Gift tax returns
- Family foundations
- Medicaid planning, including
"Qualified Income Trusts," and other elder law planning
- Statutory durable powers of
attorney
- Health care powers of attorney
- Advance directive to physicians
- Declaration of guardian
- Anatomical gifts
- Instruction regarding disposition
of remains
- All issues related to lifetime
estate, gift, and tax planning
- Marital property agreements
(Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements)
Probate
Our probate attorneys are involved in
all aspects of probate, guardianships, and estate and trust
administration. We represent clients in Williamson County, Travis
County, and other Texas Counties in proceedings that deal with the
following issues:
- Probate of will and issuance of
Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration
- Probate of will as a muniment of
title
- Heirship and administration
proceedings where there is no will
- Estate tax returns
- Inheritance tax returns
- All issues related to estates and
estate administration (independent and/or dependent)
- All issues related to trusts and
trust administration
Guardianships
Our guardianship attorneys are involved
in every aspect of the creation and administration of guardianships. We
represent clients in Williamson County, Travis County, and other Texas
Counties in proceedings that deal with the following issues:
- Appointment of temporary and
permanent guardians
- Person and/or estate of minors
- Person and/or estate of
incapacitated adults
- Annual accounts
- Final accounts
- Proceedings to close guardianship
and discharge guardian
- All issues related to guardianship
and guardianship administration
- Section 867 trusts
Commercial and
Residential Real Estate
Our real estate attorneys practice in
all areas of real estate law. We represent individual, business
and financial institutions in Williamson County, Travis County, and
other Texas counties in transactions dealing with the following issues:
- Earnest money contracts
- Deeds
- Real estate lien notes
- Deeds of trust
- Releases of lien
- Closings
- Title objection letters
- Leases
- Foreclosure
- Powers of attorney for real estate
transactions
- All issues related to the
purchase, sale, or lease of residential, commercial, or farm or
ranch related real estate
Corporate and
Business Law
Our business law attorneys represent
clients in all aspects of transactional and corporate law. We represent clients
in Williamson County, Travis County, and other Texas counties in
proceedings dealing with the following:
- Corporations
- General partnerships
- Limited partnerships, professional
associations, and professional corporations
- Limited liability companies
- Professional limited liability
companies
- Corporate name availability
checks, and reservation of corporate name
- Corporate resolutions and minutes
- Contracts
- Employment agreements
- Independent contractor agreements
- Buy-sell agreements
- Purchase or sale of existing
business
- Change of registered office and
agent
- Assumed name certificates
- All issues related to corporate
and business law for all business entities
- Trademark Registration
- Franchise and licensing agreements
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