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Marilyn Shell is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, also in Family Law, and is a Certified Public Accountant.  Marilyn Shell has earned the respect of other professionals who seek legal advice, including other lawyers and accountants. She has also earned the trust of our community through years of dedicated service and strong advocacy on behalf of her clients.  Contact us to discuss your legal matter.

Areas of Practice

Estate and Disability Planning

  • Last Will ("simple", with no trusts or tax planning)
  • Last Will (with contingent trusts for minors and persons with legal incapacity)
  • Last Will (tax-planned)
  • Trust, including Revocable, Irrevocable, Inter Vivos, Testamentary  Trusts
  • Medical and Health Care Power of Attorney
  • Durable General and Special Power of Attorney (for property)
  • Revocation of Power of Attorney
  • HIPAA Release
  • Advance Directive to Physicians, sometimes called Living Wills
  • Declaration of Guardian in Event of Later Need or Incapacity
  • Appointment of Agent for Disposition of Remains
  • Marital Property Agreement
  • Right of Survivorship Agreement
  • Non-marital Cohabitation Agreement
  • Pre- and Post -Nuptial Agreement
  • Agreement to Convert Separate Property to Community Property
  • Agreement to Convert Community Property to Separate Property
  • Beneficiary Designation for Retirement Plan or Insurance Policy
  • Business Entity Formation

Family Law

  • Annulment
  • Divorce
  • Pre- and Post-Marital Agreement
  • Non-marital Cohabitation Agreement
  • Separation Agreement
  • Child Support
  • Maintenance and Alimony
  • Step-Parent Adoption
  • Suit Affecting Parent Child Relationshp
  • Parentage
  • Custody
  • Possession and Access of Child
  • Termination of Parent-Child Relationship
  • Qualified Domestic Relations Order

Probate, Trusts and Estates

  • Probate of Will
  • Court Determination of Heirship
  • Affidavit of Heirship
  • Partition and Sale of Property
  • Administration of Estate of Person Dying Without a Will
  • Will Contest
  • Family Settlement Agreement
  • Petitions for Declaratory Judgment
  • Contested Trust and Fiduciary Matters
  • Petition to Establish Inheritance Rights
  • Petition for Distribution and Accounting by Executor

Guardians, Minors and Incapacitated Persons

  • All phases of guardianship proceedings

Land, Oil and Gas Matters

  • Suit or Agreement for Partition and Sale of Real Property
  • Suit for Trespass to Try Title and to Quiet Title

Marilyn Shell, Attorney At Law                   T. E. Shell, Attorney at Law

                                  Michelle Lowe, Paralegal

Johnston Legal Group P. C.

4200 Airport Freeway,
Fort Worth, TX 76117
817-348-8606 (phone)
817-348-0408 (fax)
info@shellaw.com 

Go to the firm website for more information about Johnston Legal Group P. C.