by Hailey-Petty Law Firm | Jul 7, 2022 | Estate Planning
Beneficiary designations are an important part of the estate planning process, even though they are actually dealt with outside of the estate plan itself. A designated beneficiary is a person who inherits an asset—such as the balance of an individual retirement...
by Hailey-Petty Law Firm | Nov 18, 2021 | Estate Planning, Local
Every Texan (and probably every non-Texan) has heard that everything is bigger in Texas. The saying apparently originates as a reference to the state’s enormous geography but it could just as well reference Texans’ enormous work ethic. After all, Matthew McConaughey...
by Hailey-Petty Law Firm | Nov 18, 2021 | Estate Planning, Local, Wealth and Estates
While not even the most know-it-all attorney can tell you what happens when you die, an experienced estate planning attorney can at least tell you what happens to your assets. Death will forever remain life’s greatest mystery but this need not mean all aspects must...
by Hailey-Petty Law Firm | Oct 4, 2021 | Estate Planning
Less than half of US adults have an estate plan. If you are among this minority that has taken the essential step of protecting their assets and well-being, you deserve a pat on the back. The work doesn’t end when an estate plan has been drafted, though. Just as...
by Hailey-Petty Law Firm | Sep 30, 2021 | Estate Planning, Local
The world we live in is increasingly automated and yet, as many adults born before the digital revolution will agree, this isn’t always good. Those that remember a time before automated answering services would give a kidney to never again have to “listen carefully...
