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ACAP share exchange for UTG shares.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)			6 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company sale contingent costs [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 RLF III, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Llano Music, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Marcellus III, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Marcellus IV, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 ACAP [Member]	Nov. 14, 2011 ACAP [Member]
Liability for contingent costs [Line Items]
Cost contingency, tier one (in hundredths)		100.00%
Cost contingency threshold, tier one		$ 50,000
Cost contingency, tier two (in hundredths)		90.00%
Cost contingency threshold, tier two		50,000
Cost contingency, tier three (in hundredths)		75.00%
Cost contingency threshold, tier three		50,000
Cost contingency, tier four (in hundredths)		50.00%
Cost contingency threshold, tier four		150,000
Estimate of cost contingency, total	47,727	50,000					2,550,822
Loss Contingency	47,727	50,000					2,550,822
Share Conversion								233
Maximum investment commitment			4,000,000	2,000,000	1,250,000	1,800,000
Remaining minimum amount committed			$ 398,120	$ 1,466,000	$ 529,375	$ 1,752,000