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Establishing a Living Revocable Trust in Texas typically costs anywhere between $750 and $2,500 or more, depending on the complexity and size of your estate. In order to ensure that your estate plan is created correctly, it is important to consult with a wills and trusts attorney who can help you navigate the process.

There are also ongoing costs for maintaining the trust, such as the trustee's fees and any expenses related to managing the trust's assets. It is not unusual in Texas for the cost of creating, funding and maintaining a living trust to exceed the cost of a simple Will and the entire probate process combined.

To make a living trust in Texas, you: Choose between establishing an individual or shared trust. Determine which assets will be included in the trust. Select a successor trustee. Determine the trust's beneficiaries or those who will receive the trust's assets. Create the trust document.

Limitations: Requires adherence to trust document's instructions on asset assignments. Joint assets, including certain IRAs and retirement plans, cannot be placed into a one-person trust. No complete tax avoidance: Total avoidance of taxes is rarely possible with living trusts, though there may be ways to reduce them.

To create a living trust in Texas, you must find a licensed attorney familiar with the laws of trusts in Texas. The attorney will advise you on how best to manage your property through the trust and help you develop a document that outlines your wishes.

All you need to do is sign a living trust agreement in which you name yourself as both grantor (creator of the trust) and trustee (manager of the trust assets). Once you have set up your living trust, you transfer some or all your assets to the trust. As trustee, you then take over management of the trust assets.