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COWLES TRUSTPLUS: DOCUMENT LIST

CORE DOCUMENTS

  • Revocable Trust
  • Long Form Will
  • Pour-Over Will
  • Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
  • Irrevocable Supplemental Needs Trust
  • Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT)
  • 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 and Mortgage Assignment
    • Contract for Deed/Land Contract Assignment
    • 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 noncorporate) 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 noncorporate) 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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