Christie Tournet

With extensive experience in real estate and business management, Christie Tournet & Associates is the consummate business, estate planning, and successions/probate firm. Christie views legal issues through a unique lens and becomes a trusted legal and business adviser.

Loyola University New Orleans

J.D. (2010) | Civil Law

2007 - 2010

Honors: Probate Highest Grade Award, LaNasa-Greco Scholarship

Loyola University New Orleans

B.B.A. (2003) | Economics, International Business, Spanish

1999 - 2003

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Principal Attorney

Christie Tournet & Associates, LLC

2016 - Current

Associate

Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr Smith, APLC

2011 - 2016

Estate planning, succession, real estate, construction and employment defense

Louisiana New Home Warranty Act & The LREC Disclosure Form

CRES Insurance

January, 2014

Estate Planning, Northshore Kiwanis, mandeville, la

August 1, 2013

Northshore Kiwanis

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Estate Planning, Northshore Kiwanis, mandeville, la

Northshore Kiwanis

https://issuu.com/northshorekiwanismandeville/docs/northshore_kiwanis_-_2012-13_award_

Estate Planning, Northshore Kiwanis, mandeville, la

Northshore Kiwanis

Louisiana Statewide Notary Public Commission

State of Louisiana

The Loyola Law Excellence Award in Probate

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

2010

Louisiana State Bar Association

Member

2011 - Current

22nd JDC Bar

Member

2011 - Current

American Inns of Court

Member

2011 - Current

North Shore Estate Planning Council

Member

2010 - Current

Louisiana

Since 2011

• Credit Cards Accepted

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Q. My granddad’s property is still in his name but he and my dad have died. What is needed to transfer property to heirs?

June 2, 2020

A: You all can open what is called an ancillary succession here in Louisiana, if the Executor has only been appointed in Florida. How the land will be transferred depends upon how the land was titled, if there was a Will or not, and who the intestate heirs are. If the ancillary succession has been opened in Louisiana, you all may need counsel of your own to protect your interests in the succession. Best of luck.

Q. Land in grandma name. Dad only living child. His home on property also. Wants me to inherit property. Next step?

June 2, 2020

A: Your father, as an heir, needs to open succession. If there is no Will, and your father is the only child, then, he may inherit. However, if there were other children that predeceased, then, their children may also have a right to inherit. You need to further discuss these specific circumstances with a counselor well versed in probate. Good luck.

Q. Can I include in my last will and testament, that the property being bequeath not be sold

October 23, 2019

A: The only way to "control from the grave" and proscribe a beneficiary from selling/doing as they wish with a bequest, is via sanctioned restrictions: either divide ownership among usufruct and naked ownership, or it has to be put in a Trust. Best of luck.