Dallas Trust Litigation Attorneys
Our Dallas trust litigation attorneys represent trustees, heirs, beneficiaries, spouses, creditors, and guardians in contested trust disputes, including breach of fiduciary duty, trust contest, trust theft and fraud, undue influence, and more. Our experience and proven process can help you get a better result sooner so you can move on from your trust dispute faster.
4131 N. Central Expressway, Suite 900 Dallas, Texas 75204
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Trust Litigation Services We Offer in Dallas
RMO offers a variety of trust litigation services in Dallas. If you are facing one or more of the following contentious trust issues, reach out today to schedule a free consultation with the Dallas RMO attorneys.
Trust Theft and Misappropriation
Disputes Over Trust Amendments and Distribution
Trustee Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Our Dallas-based trust litigation attorneys can help beneficiaries identify breaches of fiduciary duty and hold trustees accountable, helping you secure the assets you are entitled to. We also may be able to help if you are a trustee wrongfully accused of breaching your fiduciary duty.
Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation Claims
Trust Administration Challenges
Trust Fraud
Trustee Removal and Suspension
Dementia, Incapacity, and Undue Influence Claims
Trust Contests
Trust Petitions
Who Do We Represent?
Navigating trust disputes is an extremely complicated process that may involve multiple parties. We represent all the following clients across Dallas in understanding their legal rights and achieving an appropriate resolution in trust litigation disputes.
TRUSTEES
Our Dallas trust attorneys assist trustees in navigating the complexities of their responsibilities. We provide counsel on interpreting and managing trustee duties, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and offering strategic guidance for sound decision-making. If disputes or breach of duty claims arise, we’re here to defend trustees and protect their interests.
BENEFICIARIES AND HEIRS
Beneficiaries and heirs often face challenges when disputes arise over trust distributions or inheritance rights. Our Dallas trust litigation attorneys advocate for beneficiaries and heirs, defending their rights in disputes, contesting questionable amendments, and ensuring they receive the assets to which they are entitled.
SPOUSES
Spouses have distinct rights in probate and trust litigation, and our Dallas probate estate attorneys are dedicated to helping them understand and assert these rights. Whether dealing with trust disputes or pursuing spousal claims, we offer legal representation and guidance to help spouses recover what is rightfully theirs.
CREDITORS
Creditors involved in the probate process must follow specific procedures to ensure they can collect debts owed to them. Our Dallas trust litigation attorneys assist creditors in navigating the legal process to assert claims, ensuring that they take the right steps to recover what they are due.
Guardians
If you are a guardian and your ward has passed, legal representation may be necessary to resolve any disputes between you and trustees, beneficiaries, or any other interested parties. At RMO, we’ll guide you through the process, providing legal support every step of the way.
Dallas Trust Case Scenarios
- Recovered $2 Million in Trust Funds: Secured injunctive relief in Dallas County that required the return of $2,000,000 in unlawfully distributed trust funds held by a business partner of the client’s deceased mother.
- Defended Trustee in Family Dispute: Defended a trustee against false accusations of mismanagement and theft initiated by her son’s ex-wife. We secured a settlement in Dallas probate court that fully exonerated our client.
- Protected Elderly Client in Dallas County: Defended an elderly client against guardianship proceedings orchestrated by her son-in-law, who sought control of her multi-million-dollar trust. We proved the son-in-law acted in bad faith, resulting in him being ordered to pay fees and costs.
Preserved Six-Figure Inheritance in Dallas: Protected a client’s six-figure inheritance from her grandmother by successfully defending the validity of her grandmother’s trust against challenges brought by spiteful aunts and uncles.
Why Hire RMO Lawyers?
We do one thing—probate disputes—and we do them really well. At RMO LLP, we help our Dallas area clients get better real-world results sooner so they can move on with their lives. Protecting People. Defending Legacies. That’s RMO.
Our clients trust us as some of the best lawyers in the greater Dallas area, but they know us as even better people. We take pride in our efforts in the courtroom, but we also go above and beyond to serve our community while maintaining a high level of character and integrity in the process.
Every single thing we do is driven by our core values:
- Compassion
- Precision
- Accountability
- Partnership
For our Dallas clients, these values mean we’ll take the time to hear you, understand the family dynamics surrounding your case, and learn the full facts about your situation. With this context, we’ll create a winning strategy for your case to help you achieve the best possible outcome in as little time as possible.
Dallas Probate Courts
The Dallas County Probate Courts are a statutorily created probate court system headed by elected judges. In general, a probate court probates the wills of deceased persons, declares the heirs of deceased persons who die without a will, establishes guardianships for incapacitated persons and minors, and supervises court-ordered involuntary mental health commitments in Dallas County.
A probate court also has jurisdiction to hear lawsuits appertaining to or incident to an estate of a decedent or ward and actions by or against a personal representative of a decedent’s or ward’s estate. These ancillary cases cover a wide range of topics, from product liability to fiduciary litigation to medical malpractice to family law.
- Presiding Judge Julia R. Malveaux
- Associate Judge Mary Jayne McNeil
- Renaissance Tower
- 1201 Elm Street
- Suite 2400-A
- Dallas, TX 75270
- Presiding Judge Ingrid M. Warren
- Associate Judge Lincoln Monroe
- Renaissance Tower
- 1201 Elm Street
- Suite 2200-A
- Dallas, TX 75270
- Presiding Judge Margaret Jones-Johnson
- Associate Judge Tomi Shehan
- Renaissance Tower
- 1201 Elm Street
- Suite 2200-B
- Dallas, TX 75270
Texas Will And Estate Resources
Many trust disputes can be avoided with proper estate planning and communication between the trust creator, trustees, and beneficiaries. It is highly advisable to consult with an estate planning attorney to discuss your goals and any potential issues you foresee. A qualified estate planner can answer your questions and provide you with the information you need to determine if you need to work with an attorney or if you can create, update, or amend a trust or will on your own.
If you choose to proceed on your own, here are some resources provided by the Texas State Law Library you may want to consider.
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