Texas-statutory document
🏛 Foundation Trust
Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 113 (Texas Trust Code)
A clean, attorney-drafted Revocable Living Trust — the essential foundation of every sound estate plan.
A Texas Revocable Living Trust drafted by LONE STAR ★ COUNSEL — keeps your assets out of probate, maintains privacy, and simplifies the transfer of property to your beneficiaries. Built as the foundation of a sound estate plan.
What's included
- Revocable Living Trust (RLT) — attorney-drafted and executed
- Contingency Trust for Minor Children — built into the RLT to protect assets until children reach designated age
- Certificate of Trust — for use with banks, title companies, and financial institutions
Anyone establishing a Trust for the first time who wants a clean, attorney-drafted foundation — assets primarily held in financial accounts with up-to-date beneficiary designations.
Real-property owners (Texas home, rental, second residence) — the deed and Pour-Over Will in the Protection Trust are typically what makes the foundation actually work. Business owners, blended families, special-needs beneficiaries, and estates over the federal exemption need Continuum Counsel.
Property funding (deeds, homestead affidavit), the Pour-Over Will, and incapacity instruments (Power of Attorney, Medical POA, Directive, HIPAA) are separate. Property funding is included in the Protection Trust ($997). Incapacity instruments are in the Essentials Bundle ($797).
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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TexasEstates is for clean, common situations. For Trusts, blended families, business succession, professionals, tax-driven structures and contested matters, our advisory practice at LONE STAR ★ COUNSEL takes the matter directly.