Fort Worth solo practice in the Fort Worth Club Building handling independent and dependent probate administration, contested and uncontested matters, and guardianship for Tarrant County families. Catherine Goodman is board certified in estate planning and probate law and takes will contests and trust and fiduciary litigation as well as drafting wills and directives.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

Serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex from Plano, with a Mansfield office and an appointment-only Fort Worth office. Handles independent and dependent administration, muniment of title, determination of heirship, and small estate affidavits in Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton county probate courts. Planning is billed at a flat rate, probate hourly.

Serves 4 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipAsset Protection+3

Boutique estate-law firm whose Dallas office sits downtown on Main Street, with Houston and Austin offices and fourteen attorneys. Handles probate administration, fiduciary services, contested guardianships, and estate, trust, and guardianship litigation, and says it has worked in 112 of Texas' 254 counties. Free consultation.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship+2

Fort Worth elder law and estate planning firm serving Tarrant County and North Central Texas. Handles probate after a death, including independent administration, heirship determination, the 90-day inventory, and creditor notice, plus guardianship, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and supplemental needs trusts. All of its attorneys belong to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+2

Plano solo practice serving Collin, Dallas, and Denton counties — the only counties its attorney practices in. Christene Krupa Downs helps survivors choose between a full probate administration and the lighter Texas procedures available when an estate holds few or only non-probate assets, and handles guardianships, wills, revocable living trusts, and powers of attorney.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipPower Of AttorneyTrustsWills

Operates from Dallas and Frisco, handling probate administration, will and trust contests, guardianship, and Medicaid planning in the Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Ellis, and Rockwall county courts. Since 2000 the firm has managed hundreds of estates, from straightforward will probates to disputed multi-million-dollar matters, quoting fixed fees where possible.

Since 2000Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+2