Roland Echavarria, the firm’s principal, has been board certified as a specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law for over 20 years by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. As part of his commitment to this specialized area of law, he has written numerous articles presented at Texas State Bar-approved continuing legal education seminars covering topics related to estate planning and probate law. San Antonio Wills Attorney, Roland Echavarria has experience in Wills, Trusts, Probate law, Estate Planning, and Powers of Attorney in San Antonio TX.
Based in San Antonio, Roland Echavarria, P.C. provides professional and compassionate legal representation to clients throughout South and Central Texas. We represent clients whose legal matters call for expertise in estate planning and probate law. Our concentrated focus on this specialized area of law allows us to deliver efficiently tailored results that are geared to meet each client’s particular circumstances and unique needs. We don’t aspire to provide a universe of legal services to everyone with a legal matter. Instead, we do a few things and we do them well. For clients with legal needs in the areas of Wills, trusts, estate planning and probate law, we offer a full range of uniquely-focused legal services, an understanding of the law grounded in years of experience, and a compassionate and holistic approach to problem solving.
Roland Echavarria, the firm’s principal, has been board certified as a specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law for over 20 years by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. As part of his commitment to this specialized area of law, he has written numerous articles presented at Texas State Bar-approved continuing legal education seminars covering topics related to estate planning and probate law. Born and raised in San Antonio, Roland attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned both his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees. After graduating from law school he returned to his roots and to his native city, where he continues to provide legal services to clients with probate and estate planning needs.
What is a Will?
A will is generally defined as an instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his property to take effect at his death, and which by its own nature is ambulatory and revocable during his lifetime.” In re Estate of Brown, 507 S.W.2d 801 (Tex. Civ. App.–Dallas 1974). You can look at a will as a set of directions that prescribes who is entitled to receive your property after you die. A properly drawn will appoints an executor–that is, the person who is designated to be in charge of the estate, of concluding the deceased person’s business and financial affairs, paying the deceased person’s legal debts and, ultimately, of distributing the property to the persons whom the will directs. A person can revoke or revise his or her will before death. After someone who makes a will dies, it will be necessary to “probate” or establish the validity of the will in probate court, and the executor is the person responsible for commencing the probate court proceedings. All of the property that is transferred under the terms of the will is referred to as the “estate” or the “probate estate.”
What is a Trust?
A trust is a legal arrangement by which property is transferred to a person (the “trustee”) who then manages or administers that property for the benefit of another (the “beneficiary”). A trust often contains provisions that dispose of the trust property on the death of the beneficiary in much the same manner as a will, with the exception that a probate court proceeding is not required in order to administer the trust estate or distribute the property to the persons identified in the trust instrument after the death of the beneficiary. A trust can be either revocable or irrevocable. A revocable trust can be terminated or modified anytime during the lifetime of the person who created it, at the choice of that person. An irrevocable trust cannot be terminated or modified by the creator’s choice; it may be terminated or modified under certain conditions that the law prescribes, although generally only with court approval. All of the property transferred to and held by the trustee is referred to as the trust estate.
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