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National Home Remodeling Month – How Remodeling Your Home Could Impact Your Estate Plan from Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

Spring is associated with renewal, and as the weather gets warmer, many homeowners turn their attention to renovation projects. Each May, the home remodeling industry and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) celebrate National Home Remodeling Month. In 2023, over 17 million home remodeling projects are expected to be undertaken in the United States. […]

Three Steps You Can Take Now to Protect Your Artistic Legacy by Austin Estate Planning Attorney Liz Nielsen

Although your death is probably a long way off, it is important that you have a plan to ensure that your affairs are settled in the way that you want. An estate plan crafted by an experienced estate planning attorney is a legally enforceable set of documents that allows you to name who will have […]

Three Estate Planning Mistakes Farmers and Ranchers Make and How to Avoid Them, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen

Estate planning for farmers and ranchers Austin Estate Planning Lawyer

Farming or ranching can be more than a means of livelihood; it is often also about preserving a legacy and unique way of life. Unfortunately, many farmers and ranchers fail to make an estate plan. The farm or ranch that has been passed down for generations then ends up being sold and converted into non-agricultural […]

“There Has to be a Better Place than This,” from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen

Alternative disposal of remains -- Austin Estate Planning Lawyer

Sandy Gibson was young when his parents died: his father died when he was 10, and his mother died a short time later, after a five-year bout with cancer, when he was 11. His parents were buried in the last family plot in an old church cemetery, alongside a busy road and near a fire […]