Denton Estate Planning Attorney

Hunter Sargent, PLLC is Denton’s premier estate planning and business planning law firm. We’ll prepare your will, trust, and business documents so you can rest easy knowing you’ve secured your legacy for generations to come.

Flat fee structure means no surprise costs.

Custom solutions to protect your legacy.

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Hunter Sargent, PLLC is Securing Legacies in North Texas

Hunter Sargent, PLLC is Denton’s premier estate planning lawyer and business planning law firm. We’ll prepare your will, trust, and business planning so you can rest easy knowing you’ve secured your legacy for generations to come. We have the wisdom and skill to plan legacies of all sizes.

Everyone needs estate planning – the good news is it’s never too early and if you’re reading this, it’s not too late. If you only had one week left, would you get an estate plan? If the answer is “Yes”, you should already have an estate plan.

We’re happy to accommodate you so you feel safe – just let us know about your requests before your appointment and we’ll see you soon.

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Practice Areas

Protect your legacy and your loved ones by making your wishes legally binding.

If you’ve just lost a loved one, their estate may need to go through the probate process to transfer their assets to their heirs. Many times, the process can be mitigated or avoided entirely.

Wills are the most common estate planning strategy in Texas. At its core, a will simply states who will be in charge of your legacy and who will inherit your legacy.

Trusts aren’t just for tax planning (although they’re great for that, too). If you want to make things easier and faster for your loved ones, you need a trust.

If your legacy involves disability, privacy concerns, potential conflict, or blended families, protect your assets with our cutting-edge legal strategies.

Your business is your life’s work. Protecting your legacy is simply too important to rely on someone who doesn’t focus on business planning.

LLCs are the workhorse of modern business entities. Flexible, dynamic, and powerful, the LLC can be molded into your vision for your business or investment company.

The S-Corporation is a tried-and-true mainstay business entity. They can be easily managed and traded so you can use your expertise to grow and attract investors.

Partnerships are “business marriages” that simply must be planned correctly from the beginning.

If you need a license from the State of Texas to do business, you need a professional practice.

If you’re interested in using a lady bird deed, take some time to learn about its distinct advantages and disadvantages before getting started.

Medicaid planning helps you cover the costs of long-term care, and you can do so while keeping valuable assets like your house in the family even after your passing.

A trust that once in place, can’t be changed without the beneficiary’s permission or a court’s approval.

A testamentary trust is one that is established in a person’s last will and testament. It is not created until after the person has passed away.

GRATs are typically most beneficial to wealthy individuals whose assets will be subject to significant estate tax liability when they die.

Generation-skipping trusts allow a grantor to skips over their children to pass the inheritance to their grandchildren or another young person.

Our Wealth Protection plan will depend on your needs and goals, but each plan will help you maximize growth, control, and distribution of your assets.

An FLP is a legal arrangement in which a family business or asset is placed into a partnership and owned by multiple family members.

The trust administration process can be a challenging task, but it is an important responsibility for the trust administrator or trustees.

Business succession planning is a strategy that business owners use to pass down leadership roles to others.

As business attorneys our role is to ensure everything done at the company is legal and above board.

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The best time to plan your legacy was 10 years ago. The next best time is today. Everyone needs estate planning – the good news is it’s never too early and if you’re reading this, it’s not too late.

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Estate Planning

Protect your legacy and your loved ones by making your wishes legally binding. There’s no such thing as a simple estate, but that doesn’t mean estate planning has to be difficult.

We don’t dabble in estate planning – it’s what we do.

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Wills

Wills are the most common estate planning strategy in Texas. At its core, a will simply states who will be in charge of your legacy and who will inherit your legacy.

For many people, the simplicity of a will is just what they need to start the estate planning process.

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Asset Protection Planning

Divorce, predators, and lawsuits threaten those you love the most. Estate taxes are a constant fear for even the humblest legacies.

If your legacy involves disability, privacy concerns, potential conflict, or blended families, protect your assets with our cutting-edge legal strategies and rest easy knowing you’ve secured your legacy for generations to come.

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LLC Planning

LLCs are the workhorse of modern business entities. Flexible, dynamic, and powerful, the LLC can be molded into your vision for your business or investment company.

You only have one chance to plan your LLC the best possible way for your legacy.

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Partnership Planning

Partnerships are “business marriages” that simply must be planned correctly from the beginning.

When you don’t need a business entity as formal as an LLC or corporation, a partnership may be exactly what you’re looking for.

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Lady Bird Deeds

As bizarre as it is, the government won’t let your death stop them from taxing you. According to the IRS, the estate tax is “a tax on your right to transfer property at your death,” which is one of the reasons it’s often referred to as a “death tax.” This means that when a person dies, the federal and/or state government will assess the estate’s worth and claim a percentage in a process called probate.

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Irrevocable Living Trusts

An Irrevocable Living Trusts is trust that, once in place, can’t be changed without the beneficiary’s permission or a court’s approval.

We can help you design an irrevocable living trust to protect certain assets from being taxed and penalized.

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GRATs

GRATs aren’t an ideal estate planning tool for everyone. They’re typically the most beneficial to wealthy individuals whose assets will be subject to significant estate tax liability when they die.

Despite being irrevocable trusts rather than living trusts, GRATs allow for substitution of assets, as long as the value of the assets is matched by the value of replacement assets.

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Wealth Protection Legacy Plan

Our Wealth Protection plan connects you with our vast experience with high-net-worth clients and our most closely trusted advisors including CPAs, insurance specialists, and financial advisors.

Every Wealth Protection plan will be different depending on your needs and goals, but each plan will help you maximize growth, control, and distribution of your assets.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs)

Trust Administration

The trust administration process can be a challenging task, but it is an important responsibility for the trust administrator or trustees.

By following the terms of the trust document and acting in the best interests of the beneficiaries, they can help ensure that the trust assets are managed and distributed according to the wishes of the trust creator.

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Business Lawyer

Think back to a mistake you’ve made with your business, something you wish you could do over. Don’t you wish there had been someone there to guide you in the right direction?

In a sense, that’s what a business lawyer is: Someone who checks over your plans to help you avoid legal pitfalls and position your company for long-term success.

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    We'll prepare your will, trust, and business planning so you can rest easy knowing you've secured your legacy for generations to come. We have the wisdom and skill to plan legacies of all sizes.

    While this website provides general information, it does not constitute legal advice. Any communication with Hunter Sargent, PLLC via e-mail or through this website does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship and is not privileged or confidential.