After a loved one passes away, the last thing that a family wishes to deal with is a complicated and costly legal process. Probate and estate administration can be a time-consuming process, but is easier to tolerate with the guidance of an experienced probate lawyer. To speak to someone who will take charge and provide you with some normalcy during the probate process, schedule a consultation with Brad Shields.

Probate is usually necessary where there is a will or a person dies without a will. The goal of estate planning is to maximize what you leave your beneficiaries while minimizing the time and expense associated with the probate process. We create trusts and other estate planning tools that proactively deal with these problems to avoid probate.

I try to take the stress and uncertainty out of the probate process.

While the majority of probates in the Rio Grande Valley resolve without difficulty, there are times when disputes delay the probate of an estate. Many issues can occur during probate litigation that can jeopardize the timely resolution of probate, but some of the most common disputes we handle include: