Texas-statutory document
🛡 Protection Trust
Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 113 · Tex. Est. Code § 251.104
Everything in Foundation, plus active property funding support and ongoing plan maintenance.
Everything in the Foundation Trust, plus the documents and ongoing service that turn a trust on paper into a funded, maintained plan. Includes the deed conveying your real property, a funding memo, the Pour-Over Will, beneficiary-designation guidance, and one year of the Prestige Protection Plan (Basic).
What's included
- Everything in the Foundation Trust
- Deed to Convey Real Property into the Trust — attorney-prepared and filed
- Memorandum Regarding Funding of Trust — documents the assets intended to be held in trust and guides ongoing funding
- Pour-Over Will — ensures any outside assets flow into the trust at death
- Beneficiary designation review and update guidance (retirement accounts, life insurance, POD/TOD accounts)
- One year of Prestige Protection Plan (Basic) — annual review and document updates included
Texas homeowners who want their home held in trust from day one, with ongoing maintenance built in for the first year.
Business owners, multi-property estates, blended families, or beneficiaries with special needs — those need the Legacy Trust or Continuum Counsel.
Incapacity instruments (Statutory Durable POA, Medical POA, Directive, HIPAA) are in the Essentials Bundle ($797) — purchase together for full lifetime coverage. Business interests, digital assets, and special-needs sub-trust provisions are in the Legacy Trust.
Why TexasEstates
What you actually get for the price.
Every column below is a real thing your document either has or doesn't. The Texas Estates Code doesn't care what the marketing said — it cares whether the document holds up at probate.
| Feature | TexasEstates Fixed-fee attorney service | Online template $39–$249 typical | DIY form Free |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney-drafted for Texas | yes | template only | no |
| Self-proving affidavit (Tex. Est. Code § 251.104) | yes | sometimes | no |
| Texas Estates Code compliance | yes | generic 50-state | no |
| Fixed fee, no hourly billing | yes | yes (subscription) | n/a |
| One-business-day drafting | yes | instant download | n/a |
| Attorney review before delivery | yes | no | no |
| Held in IOLTA until services rendered | yes | no | n/a |
| Refund earn-out at each milestone | yes | no | n/a |
| Complex-matter routing (blended, trusts, business) | yes | no — sold anyway | no |
Category comparisons based on publicly-available information from major online legal-form vendors as of Feb 2026. Individual products in each category may vary.
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