Veterans and Military Families
Ted Smith served as an active-duty JAG legal assistance officer with III Corps at Fort Hood before opening his Killeen practice in 1976. Veterans, retirees, spouses, and military families use this page to find the right starting point for disability, estate planning, and probate questions.
Fort Hood context
Veterans, retirees, civilian spouses, blended families, and special-needs households frequently need help across more than one area at once. A single call can cover disability, estate planning, probate, and benefit questions together.
Estate and probate
Beneficiary designations, deployments, remarriage, blended families, and retirement accounts like the TSP change what a standard document needs to cover. Probate after a service member or veteran's death often involves the same records and requires the same clear next steps.
Start with the issue that feels most urgent, then the firm can help route the next step.
For service members, veterans, retirees, and families working through a disability claim and the work-history evidence it requires.
Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and beneficiary planning for spouses, blended families, special needs, and deployment schedules.
Why Ted Smith Law Group
Ted Smith's JAG service and Killeen practice history are documented, local, and easy to verify.
“Ted Smith is the best in the area! I can't say enough good things. The whole office cares about their clients and make sure your case is taken care of swiftly and done perfectly.”
Questions
If the call also involves estate planning or probate, bring beneficiary designations and any existing will.
Yes. Ted Smith's background as a Fort Hood JAG legal assistance officer and decades of Killeen practice cover SSD, disability questions, estate planning, and probate for both military and civilian families in Central Texas.
Contact the office to discuss your legal matter and the next step.
