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Trust Plus Document List
CORE DOCUMENTS
- Revocable Trust
- Long Form Will
- Pour-Over Will
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
- Irrevocable Supplemental Needs Trust
- Statutory Powers of Attorney (through will or revocable trust sessions)
- Statutory Health Care Directives (through will or revocable trust sessions)
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Revocable Trust Supporting Documents
- Document cover sheets
- Covers and envelopes for all documents (automatically customized for your firm and your client by the software)
- Trust Summary
- Certificate of Trust — long and short versions (for use in providing copies to third party institutions)
- Community/Marital Property Agreements (in appropriate states)
- HIPAA Form
- Authorization to Release Information
- Correspondence to Corporate Trustee
- Billfold Card (for client use in titling assets)
- Comprehensive Transfer Document
- Documents to fund the trust:
- Bill of Sale to transfer personal property to the trust
- Business Assets Assignment
- Closely Held Stock Assignment
- LLC Assignment
- Farm Assets Assignment
- Promissory Note Note and Mortgage Assignment
- Contract for Deed/Land Contract Assignment
- Promissory Note
- Deeds (various types) — state-specific
- Asset Transfer Letters:
- Instructions to banks and credit unions
- Instructions to stockbrokers and financial planners
- Instructions to Stock Transfer Agent
- Savings Bond Department, Federal Reserve Bank
- Transfer of Ownership of Out-of-State Real Estate
- Instructions to Managing Partner
- Life Insurance Beneficiary
- Life Insurance Ownership
- Retirement Plans, IRAs, Keoghs or TDAs
- Annuities — Ownership
- Homeowner/Property Insurance — Trust as additional insured
- Motor Vehicle Insurance — Trust as additional insured
- Inspection letter to client
- Letter to client re: conflict of interest
- Invoice
- Follow-up correspondence to client with questionnaire
Will Supporting Documents
- Covers and envelopes for all documents (automatically customized for your firm and your client by the software)
- Letter to Corporate Personal Representative
- HIPAA form
- Community/Marital Property Agreements (in appropriate states)
- Inspection letter to client
- Invoice
- Follow-up correspondence to client with questionnaire
- Estate Organizer
Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Supporting Documents
- Covers and envelopes for all documents (automatically customized for your firm and your client by the software)
- Correspondence to settlors documenting disclosure of irrevocability, requirements, and tax impact
- Correspondence to trustees (corporate and non corporate) describing duties
- Crummey letters
- Correspondence to life insurance companies for policy values, to request change of ownership and beneficiary forms, and to submit these forms
- Correspondence regarding gift tax filings
- Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number
- Certificate of Trust — long and short versions (for use in providing copies to third party institutions)
- Schedule A
- Invoice
Irrevocable Supplemental Needs Trust Supporting Documents
- Covers and envelopes for all documents (automatically customized for your firm and your client by the software)
- Deeds conveying real estate to SNT
- Correspondence to settlors documenting disclosure of irrevocability, requirements, and tax impact
- Correspondence to trustees (corporate and non corporate) describing duties
- Crummey letters
- Letters to banks, stockbrokers, and other financial institutions
- Letter to Federal Reserve Bank
- Correspondence to life insurance companies for policy values, to request change of ownership and beneficiary forms, and to submit these forms
- Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number
- Certificate of Trust — long and short versions (for use in providing copies to third party institutions)
- Schedule A
- Invoice
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