I split time between states
Texas docs for your Texas property — the rest needs a conversation.
If you own real property in Texas, a Texas TODD is still the right tool to keep that parcel out of Texas probate. But multi-state estate planning (Texas + Florida, Texas + California, etc.) has domicile, homestead, and community-property consequences a form can't navigate.
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Home Protection Bundle
Built around the Transfer on Death Deed — Texas's probate-avoidance tool for real property — paired with the baseline Simple Will, POAs, and HIPAA every adult should have.
- Texas real property passes under Texas law regardless of where you physically live.
- A Transfer on Death Deed is enforceable against Texas property even if you're domiciled elsewhere — but it MUST be recorded with the county clerk before death.
- Get the TODD today; have Continuum review whether a pour-over will or revocable trust is needed for your out-of-state assets.
Which county is your property in?
Under Tex. Est. Code § 114.055 an unrecorded TODD is VOID at death. Your finalized PDF will include the recording instructions — here's a preview of your clerk's office.
Want to skip probate entirely?
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A Revocable Living Trust keeps your estate out of probate, maintains privacy, and simplifies the transfer — three attorney-drafted tiers, delivered within one business day.
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- §QSBS & §1202 — qualified small business stock exclusion planning with trust ownership structures (NGTs, stacking, gifting).
- §S-corp election decisions — when a trust can hold S-corp stock, electing small business trust (ESBT) vs. qualified subchapter S trust (QSST) modeling.
- §Professional practice succession — PLLC / PA buy-sell funded by life-insurance LLCs, goodwill allocation on death, state-board compliance.
- §Multi-state domicile — Texas homestead exemption vs. Florida / California residency, community-property optimization, pour-over vs. revocable trust.
- §Lifetime gifting & GRATs — annual exclusion stacking, intra-family loans, GRAT term modeling, tax basis preservation on inherited assets.
What's inside
4 documents, all Texas-statutory.
Transfer on Death Deed
Pass Texas real property without probate.
Statutory Durable Power of Attorney
The exact form Texas banks recognize.
Medical Power of Attorney
Name your healthcare decision-maker.
HIPAA Authorization
Let trusted people access your medical records.
Multi-state planning needs counsel.
Which state is your legal domicile? Which homestead exemption are you claiming? Do you need a revocable trust to avoid probate in both states? Continuum Counsel handles the multi-jurisdictional piece — get your Texas TODD recorded here.
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