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Estate Planning & Administration

Wills, trusts, incapacity planning, and protecting the people you love.

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Probate & Estate Administration

Settling an estate after a loss, with guidance every step of the way

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Protecting the business you’ve built and planning for continuity.

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Files From the Front Porch

Short reads that prevent long fights.

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Twenty Dollars and a Birthday Card

The inheritance was never really the twenty dollars. It was Grandma.

THE BOX IN THE CLOSET

A family thought Mom died without a Will until someone opened a dusty box in the back of a closet and found instructions written for a family that no longer existed.

THE EMPTY CHAIR

A business owner dies unexpectedly. The employees are still there. The customers are still calling. The bills are still arriving. A Front Porch story about succession planning, authority, and what happens when the boss's chair is suddenly empty.

THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

Everybody knew Dad “had a plan.”

Nobody knew where he kept it.

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Welcome. I’m Craig Choate.

If you’re here, you may be carrying a quiet weight: “I need to get my planning handled.” Not because you’re expecting the worst, but because you love your people and you know life doesn’t send calendar invites.

At Craig A. Choate, PC, we help Texas families put a plan in place that actually works when it matters: wills, trusts, guardianship planning for kids, and the documents that keep your family out of conflict, chaos, and court.

This isn’t just paperwork. It’s peace of mind.

When the time feels right, we can talk it through.