Deborah Sexton
2766 Millennium Drive
Summary Description
Our firm is dedicated to providing you with quality estate planning resources, so you can become familiar with all of the existing options. When you visit or call our office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such an important issue concerning both you and your family. We want to arm you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your family’s future.
If you have a well-drafted estate plan in place, you’ll ensure that your estate passes to whom you want, when you want, and is carried out in the manner you’ve chosen. You can rest assured that your family won’t have to endure the public process and costly matter of probate. The government won’t be able to take what you’ve spent a lifetime building. But you need to be aware of the many options that exist in estate planning—and you must choose your attorney wisely.
That is why Deborah Sexton Law Office, PA offers this wealth of free information. Read our Estate Planning articles, and if you are interested in an Estate Planning Seminar let us know and we can develop one specifically for your group. We want you to feel confident about the choices you make—let us be your guide on the path toward preserving your family’s future.
Attorney Overview
As the sole attorney in the Fayetteville law firm of Deborah Sexton Law Office, Deb oversees a practice devoted to providing clients with the best in estate planning.
Deborah Sexton, C.P.A., J.D., L.L.M., combines an extensive background in accounting with a wide range of legal experience to provide her clients with a uniquely practical perspective. An attorney since 1983, she now devotes her practice primarily to estate planning and real estate.
After obtaining her undergraduate degree in accounting from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, she worked in Dallas in public accounting for several years, and then went to the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville. Upon graduating from law school, she went on to obtain an L.L.M. degree in Taxation from New York University.
Ms. Sexton is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association as well as the Washington County Bar Association. In addition to her membership with the state and local bar associations, she is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, associations dedicated to providing the highest level of estate planning and elder law services.
Articles
- Avoid Conflict with These Five Essential Estate Planning Documents
- What to Ask When Talking to Aging Parents
- Major Errors in Estate Planning
- The Intentionally Defective Trust and Your Family Business
- Crafting an Estate Plan When You Have a Troubled Child
- Two Problems with Creating Your Own Power of Attorney
- Expanding Medicaid Will Be a Cheap Choice for States
- Inheritance Planning and the Divorce of a Child
- For the First Time the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Works to Provide Eldercare Statistics
- Understanding the Probate Notice to File a Claim
- Give Yourself an Easier Time of Making a Will
- Deceased Family Members, Debts, and Creditors: 3 Common Questions
- Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning Should be Avoided for 3 Reasons
- Changing Testamentary Trust Terms
- Choosing Where to Die
- Estate Plan Considerations for Those Who Are Expecting
- Protecting Your Assets from Expanding Nursing Home Costs
- Estate Planning and Former Spouse Beneficiaries
- Co-Ownership of Property and Avoiding Probate – 3 Questions
- 3 Tips for Vacation Planning and Your Estate Plan
- Study: For the Elderly, Staying Connected Is Staying Healthy
- Kinkade Estate Battle Could Last a Year or More
- Estate Planning for Couples
- 3 LGBT Retirement Issues
- Using a Letter of Instruction In Your Estate Plan
- Identity Thieves Targeting the Elderly
- The (Almost) Secret Veteran's Pension: Aid and Assistance
- What To Do If Your Dad Is Pursued by a Gold Digger
- Your Parents May Favor a Charity Over You
- 3 Financial Questions about Life-Threatening Illnesses
- Medicaid Planning and Filial Responsibility Laws
- Seniors Have Increasing Amount of Debt

