1 Estate Planning


Organizer for Estate Planning

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Please bring to your appointment, along with current estate plan,                                                                                                      financial statement or last tax return



PERSONAL INFORMATION

Legal Name   _____________________________  __________________________                          

(name most often used to title property and accounts)

Birth date                                                             US Citizen?                           

Home Address                                                                                                    

Home Telephone                                      Business Telephone ______________    

County of Residence                                 

Employer                                                Position __________________________

E-mail Address                                                                                                 

Income, for all sources, last tax was $                                                               

Married  Divorced  Widowed  Single?   Date of Marriage                                 


Name of Spouse/Partner_________________________________________________                                                                                               (name most often used to title property and accounts)

Birth date                   _____________________    US Citizen?                                      

Home Address                                                                                                             

Home Telephone                       ___________    Business Telephone _______________

County of Residence                                                                                                             

Employer                                                Position_________________________________                               

Address                                                                                                                               

E-mail Address                                                                                                              

Income, all sources, last tax year was $                                                                        


Children and/OR other FAMILY MEMBERS

(Use full legal name. Use “JT” if both spouses are the parents, “H” if husband is the parent,

“W” if wife is the parent, “S” if a single parent.)

Name                                       Birth date                  Parent or Relationship

                                                                                                                                                         

Special challenges, e.g. addictions, learning disabilities, etc.?    


Name                                       Birth date                  Parent or Relationship

                                                                                                                                                         

Special challenges, e.g. addictions, learning disabilities, etc.?   


Name                                       Birth date                  Parent or Relationship

                                                                                                                                                         

Special challenges, e.g. addictions, learning disabilities, etc.?    


YOUR CONCERNS

Please rate the following as to how important they are to you:

(H high concern, S some concerned, L low concern, N/A no concern or not applicable

Desire to get affairs in order.

Preserving the privacy of affairs. 

Protecting a spouse.

Providing for children.

Providing for grandchildren.

Disinheriting a family member.

Gifting to  charities.


Reducing your estate taxes.

Avoiding probate.

Reduce administration costs at time of your death.

Avoiding a conservatorship (“living probate”) in case of a disability.

Avoiding will contests or other disputes upon death.


Plan for a child with disabilities or special needs.

Protecting children’s inheritance from failed marriages.

Protect children’s inheritance in the event of a surviving spouse’s remarriage.


Not have death unnecessarily prolonged by medical devices. 

Protecting assets from lawsuits or creditors.

Planing for family business succession.

 Other Concerns?                                                                                                                                                  


Important family questions

(Please check “Yes” or “No” for your answer)

Yes or No

Are you (or your spouse) receiving social security, disability, or other governmental benefits? Describe ____________________________________________________

 

Are you (or your spouse) making payments pursuant to a divorce or property settlement order?  Please furnish a copy

 

If married have you and your spouse signed a pre- or post-marriage contract?  Please furnish a copy

 

Have you (or your spouse) been widowed? If a federal estate tax return or a state death tax return was filed, please furnish a copy

 

Have you (or your spouse) ever filed federal or state gift tax returns?      
Please furnish copies of these returns

 

Have (you or your spouse) completed previous will, trust, or estate planning? Please furnish copies of these documents

 

Do you support any charitable organizations now that you wish to make provisions for at the time of your death?  If so, please explain below.

 

Are there any other charitable organizations you wish to make provisions for at the time of your death?  If so, please explain below.

 

If married, have you lived in any of the following states while married to each other?  Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, or Wisconsin

 

Are you (or your spouse) currently the beneficiary of anyone else’s trust?  If so, please explain below.

 

Do any of your children have special educational, medical, or physical needs?

 

Do any of your children receive governmental support or benefits?

 

Do you provide primary or other major financial support to adult children or others?

 

 Any thing else we should know about?                                                                                                              


PROPERTY INFORMATION

 Provide asset, value and ownership                       

Owner Log

Use

If married, Husband’s name alone, with no other person

H

If married, Wife’s name alone, with no other person

W

If married, Joint Tenancy with spouse

JTS

Joint Tenancy with someone other than a spouse, i.e. a child, parent, etc.

JTO

If you cannot determine how the property is owned

?


real property

TYPE:  Any interest in real estate including your family residence, vacation home, time share, vacant land, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Personal effects

TYPE:  List separately only major personal effects such as, jewelry, collections, antiques, furs, and all other                                         valuable non-business personal property (indicate type below and give a lump sum value for                                                            miscellaneous, less valuable items.).

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Automobiles, boats and RVs

TYPE:  For each motor vehicle, boat, RV, etc. please list the following: description, how titled, market value and encumbrance:

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Bank & Savings accounts

TYPE:  Checking Account “CA”, Savings Account “SA”, Certificates of Deposit “CD”, Money Market “MM”                                          (indicate type below). Do not include IRA’s or 401(k)’s here

Name of Institution                                                  Type                      Owner                Amount

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

If Account is in your name (or your spouse’s name) for the benefit of a minor, please specify and give minor’s name.


Stocks and bonds

TYPE:  List any and all stocks and bonds you own.

If held in a brokerage account, lump them together under each account.   (indicate type below)

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITIES

TYPE:  Term, whole life, split dollar, group life, annuity.                                                                                                                           

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  Insurance company, type, face amount (death benefit), whose life is insured,                                                    who owns the policy, the current beneficiaries, who pays the premium, and who is the life insurance agent.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                      Total                            


Retirement plans

TYPE:  Pension (P), Profit Sharing (PS), H.R. 10, IRA, SEP, 401(K).  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:                            Describe the type of plan, the plan name, the current value of the plan, and any other pertinent information.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Business interests

TYPE:  General and Limited Partnerships, Sole Proprietorships, privately owned corporations, professional                                          corporations,  oil interests, farm and ranch interests.                                                                                                                                 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Give a description of the interests, who has the interest, your ownership in                                                     the interests, and the estimated value of the interests.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          


Money owed to you

TYPE:  Mortgages or promissory notes payable to you, or other moneys owed to you.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Anticipated inheritance, gift, or LAWSUIT JUDGMENT

TYPE:  Gifts or inheritances that you expect to receive at some time in the future; or moneys that you anticipate                                     receiving through a judgment in a lawsuit.  Describe in appropriate detail.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Other assets

TYPE:  Other property is any property that you have that does not fit into any listed category.

                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

  *          Joint Property values enter 1/2 in husband’s column and 1/2 in wife’s column.


Decision-Makers

In Case Of My Disability Or Catastrophic Illness & Death

After My Spouse/Partner, I  Select These Persons To [use middle initial, if known]

1.    MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS

If s/he declines, then who?

 

2.    MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS

If s/he declines, then who?

 

3.    Be Guardian to our minor children [if any]    


 


 

How Will Beneficiaries Above Receive Your Estate?

Outright

Installments .

Other-


 Dick, let’s discuss holding wealth in trust to respond to concerns I have checked:

 Divorce protection-don’t want my child’s spouse to get inheritance

 

 Special Needs  

 

 Fiscal irresponsibility 

 

  Medical illness

 

  Addictions       

 

 other                                                             

 

 NONE OF THESE 


Do you have any worries of your child or any other beneficiaries receiving their inheritance?

Please explain:            

Remote Contingent Beneficiaries

In the remote event no one listed above is alive to receive my property,                                                                                I want my property distributed as follows:

To each spouse’s heirs-at-law.

One-half to Husband’s heirs-at-law and one-half to Wife’s heirs at law.

To the following named individuals and/or charities:


OTHER ITEMS TO INCLUDE OR DISCUSS: Obviously your estate plan should address  all your hopes, fears and wishes please list any other items you want included or want to discuss:


December 2010