Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a referral clicks — it shows up before your website in most searches. If the photo, hours, or branding there don’t match the site, that’s the first crack in trust, not the last. The profile photo problem Google Business Profiles are set up once and rarely … Read more
Referrals check your firm out across more than one place before they call — your website, your Google Business Profile and social media, sometimes a review site too. A 10-minute self-audit catches the mismatches before a referral does. Step 1: Search your own firm name Open a private browser window and Google your firm’s name … Read more
Family law and estate planning practices in Fort Worth run heavily on referrals — a past client, a friend, a financial advisor pointing someone your way. But a referral doesn’t mean a client walks in blind. It means they get a name, and then they check you out themselves. That check happens across three or … Read more
Most digital estate planning gaps aren’t caused by negligence — they’re caused by a plan that was solid for the world of ten years ago and never got revisited. These are the mistakes that come up most often among Fort Worth families. Writing passwords directly into a will Wills become public record during probate Assuming … Read more
Fingerprints and face scans have made devices faster to unlock — and, without anyone quite planning for it, harder for a family to access after death. A password can be written down and passed along. A fingerprint can’t. Where this creates real problems Phones and laptops secured only by biometrics, with no backup PIN documented … Read more
Subscriptions rarely come up in estate planning conversations, but they’re one of the most common and avoidable sources of ongoing frustration for families after a death — recurring charges on a card no one’s watching, sometimes for months. Why this gets overlooked A streaming service or app subscription doesn’t feel like an “asset” worth planning … Read more
An estate plan is only as good as the information behind it. This checklist is a starting point for a digital asset inventory — something to work through once, then revisit yearly as accounts and platforms change. Financial Cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges used Online-only bank or brokerage accounts PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or similar balances … Read more
Probate in Tarrant County already takes time under normal circumstances. Add an unplanned cryptocurrency holding, and the timeline — and the risk of losing the asset entirely — both increase sharply. Why crypto specifically causes delays Discovery takes longer. Unlike a bank account that shows up on a 1099 or a mailed statement, a crypto … Read more
It feels logical: your will already spells out who gets what, so why not just write down the password to your crypto wallet or email account right there? Because of one detail most people don’t know — a will becomes a public court record during probate. What ‘public record’ actually means Once a will is … Read more
Fort Worth has a growing base of entrepreneurs running businesses that exist almost entirely online — e-commerce stores, content platforms, domain portfolios, and yes, NFT collections. These assets are easy for a traditional estate plan to overlook entirely, because they don’t fit neatly into “real estate” or “bank accounts.” Why these need specific attention Domain … Read more