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Volume 3 |
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| (158 Forms as of 2009 Update) (All forms revised in 2008 unless otherwise noted.) |
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A. CLIENT LETTERS |
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| FORM A01. | Fee and Engagement Letter | |||
| FORM A02. | Letter to Family Client re Business Conflicts of Interest | |||
| FORM A03. | Estate Planning Data Worksheet | |||
| FORM A04. | Letter Concluding Estate Planning Representation | |||
| FORM A05. | Estate Planning Letter | |||
| FORM A06. | Document Checklist | |||
B. POWERS OF ATTORNEY, MEDICAL DOCUMENTS |
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| FORM B01. | Living Will or Medical Declaration | |||
| FORM B02. | Living Will/Declaration in General Terms | |||
| FORM B03. | Health Care Power of Attorney and Living Will | |||
| FORM B04. | Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Orders | |||
| FORM B05. | General Power of Attorney | |||
C. BASIC WILL AND TRUST FORMS |
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| FORM C01. | Codicil Form | |||
| FORM C02. | Non-Trust Will — Outright to Spouse — Then to Children with Substitution of Issue | |||
| FORM C03. | Contingent Testamentary Trust — Residue Outright to Spouse, Contingent Trust for Minor Children | |||
| FORM C04. | Pour-Over Will to Testator's Revocable Trust | |||
| FORM C05. | Outright to Spouse, Then Pour-Over Will to Spouse's Revocable Trust | |||
| FORM C05A. | Revocable Agreement of Trust with Vacation Home Put and Call Provisions | |||
| FORM C06. | Testamentary Trust Shell - Use for Simple Will to Spouse with Contingent Trust for Minor Children, Marital Deduction Formula Testamentary Trusts and GSTT Testamentary Trusts | |||
| FORM C07. | Funded or Unfunded Revocable Trust - Use for Marital Deduction Formula Trusts and GSTT Trusts | |||
| FORM C08. | Shell for Trust Amendment | |||
| FORM C09. | Signature by Mark | |||
| FORM C10. | Revocable Agreement of Trust with Marital/Residuary GST Alternatives (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C11. | Revocable Agreement of Trust with Marital/Residuary Non GST Alternatives (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C12. | Will with Marital/Residuary GST Alternatives (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C12A. | Will—Short Form GST Plan with Perpetuities Trusts with Insert for Nonexempt Paid at Ages (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C13. | Will with Marital/Residuary Non GST Alternatives (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C13A. | Will-Marital/Residuary Plan with Payouts to Children at Ages and GST Division (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM C14. | Disclaimer Will (Revised 2009) | |||
D. INSERTS |
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| FORM D01. | Marital/Residuary Division of Principal by Fractional Share — Insert | |||
| FORM D01A. | Marital Residuary Division - Greater of Minimum Tax Marital or Marital Deduction Equal to One Half of Adjusted Gross Estate | |||
| FORM D02. | Outright to Spouse/Contingent Trust for Minor Children | |||
| FORM D03. | Formula Pecuniary Division into Marital and Residuary Shares - With Lesser of Pecuniary Amount or Formula - Includes Rev. Proc. 64-19 Language | |||
| FORM D04. | Fractional Share Division into General Power Marital/QTIP/Residuary Trust | |||
| FORM D05. | General Power Marital Trust - Payable to Residuary Trust at Spouse's Death | |||
| FORM D06. | QTIP Trust - Payable to Residuary Trust at Spouse's Death | |||
| FORM D07. | Residuary Trust/Current Income to Spouse with Power of Invasion for Spouse and Descendants/Separate Trusts for Children until Age 35/Remote Descendants Trust until Age 30 | |||
| FORM D08. | Residuary Trust/Current Income to Spouse with Power of Invasion for Spouse and Descendants/Spray for Children until Age 22/Separate Trusts for Children until Age 35/Remote Descendants Trust until Specified Age | |||
| FORM D09. | GST Fractional Share Division/Exempt QTIP/Nonexempt QTIP/Nonexempt Gen Power Marital/Exempt Residuary Trust with Separate Trusts for Descendants Per Stirpes until Termination of Perpetuities Period/Nonexempt Residuary Trust until Age 35 with Contingent General Power of Appointment | |||
| FORM D10. | Insert - Marital Cutback to One-Half of Adjusted Gross Estate | |||
| FORM D11. | Income Allocation - Use if Credit Shelter Portion is Payable to Someone Other Than Spouse in Order to Ensure the Marital Trust Meets the "All of the Income" Requirement | |||
| FORM D12. | Power of Appointment | |||
| 1. | Creation | |||
| (a) | General Power of Appointment | |||
| (b) | Limited Power of Appointment | |||
| (i) | Limited to descendants with spousal life income interest with expansion to broadest possible power if no descendants survive donee of power | |||
| (ii) | Broadest possible limited power of appointment | |||
| (c) | Contingent General Power of Appointment | |||
| 2. | Exercise | |||
| FORM D13. | Devise of Real Property | |||
| FORM D14. | Direction to Pay Debts and Expenses | |||
| FORM D15. | Disclaimer - Marital Deduction/Credit Shelter Trust | |||
| FORM D16. | Options | |||
| 1. | Grant of option at death to purchase closely-held stock; successive optionees | |||
| 2. | Option to buy residence real estate at lesser of appraised valuation or stated figure | |||
| 3. | Option to purchase lot; right given to both or either of two persons; price payable to third | |||
| FORM D17. | Alternative Tax Clauses for Wills/Revocable Trusts | |||
| 1. | Standard tax clause | |||
| 2. | Broad tax clause for simple will or single testamentary trust | |||
| 3. | Each legatee and each nonprobate recipient bears own share of death taxes | |||
| 4. | Broad tax clause for surviving spouse which excludes tax on QTIP property | |||
| 5. | Broad tax clause excluding 15% excess accumulation tax on qualified employee benefit plan | |||
| 6. | Each legatee and each recipient of nonprobate property pay own death taxes (alternative) | |||
| 7. | Death taxes on probate assets payable from residue; taxes on nonprobate assets payable by recipients of nonprobate property (alternative) | |||
| FORM D18. | Tax Clause for GST Plan | |||
| FORM D19. | Tax Clause for Pour Over Will | |||
| FORM D20. | Standards for Discretionary Distributions for Purposes of Insulating Principal as an Available Resource | |||
| FORM D21. | Perpetuities Saving Clauses | |||
| FORM D22. | In Terrorem Clause - Per PEF Code §2521 | |||
| FORM D23. | Individual Trustee Compensation | |||
| FORM D24. | Insert - Advancements Hotchpot | |||
| 1. | At death of testator under Residuary Clause in Will | |||
| 2. | At death of spouse under trust | |||
| 3. | Deduction of specified amount | |||
| 4. | Deduction of advancements recorded in book | |||
| 5. | Advancements not to be considered | |||
| FORM D25. | Cost of Living Adjustment | |||
| FORM D26. | Intestate Provisions | |||
| FORM D27. | Insert Appointing Business Executor with Exclusive Authority to Wind Down Business | |||
| FORM D28. | Pending Marriage | |||
| 1. | Bequest conditioned on subsequent marriage; | |||
| 2. | Introductory clause for will the effectiveness of which is conditioned on pending marriage. | |||
| FORM D29. | Fractional Share of Net Estate but Not to Exceed Dollar Amount | |||
| FORM D30. | Education Provisions. | |||
| 1. | In trust for grandchild's college education with GST provisions - GST Exemption Available: | |||
| 2. | In spray trust for son and grandchild with potential for distributions to fund college education with GST provisions - No GST Exemption available: | |||
| 3. | Completion of education. | |||
| 4. | To help defray cost of education. | |||
| 5. | Stated sum per year for each year of college remaining. | |||
| FORM D31. | Stated Sum to Each Grandchild and to Issue of Deceased Grandchildren With Living Grandchildren Named. | |||
| FORM D32. | Tangible Personal Property Clauses - Alternatives Including Selection by Rotation or Private Auction Among Children and Grandchildren. | |||
| FORM D33. | Direction to Trustee to Pay Expenses of Maintaining Residence Real Estate for Use by Beneficiary. | |||
| FORM D34. | Forgiveness of Note Owed Testator. | |||
| FORM D35. | Power to Disclaim. | |||
| FORM D36. | Authorizing Fiduciary to Delegate Investment Duties (or Other Duties) to Another and to Provide the Agent's Fees be Charged or not Charged Against Fiduciary's Commission. Two Alternatives. | |||
| FORM D37. | Power to Act as or Appoint Ancillary Executor. | |||
| FORM D38. | Carve Out of GST Exempt Trust from Residue | |||
| FORM D39. | Definition of Child and Descendants, Exclusion or Inclusion of Adopteds and Persons Born Out of Wedlock. | |||
| FORM D40. | Annuities | |||
| 1. | Single life annuity from income and principal; Fixed principal; Fixed annual payment; Surplus income to repay principal; No apportionment. | |||
| 2. | Single life annuity from income only; Principal among fixed at death; Fixed monthly payment; No apportionment; Accumulation reserve from surplus income. | |||
| 3. | Joint and survivor life annuities - Payment clause only. | |||
| 4. | Joint and several life annuities | |||
| 5. | Variable annuity payment | |||
| 6. | Direction to purchase commercial annuity | |||
| 7. | Interim provision until annuity established | |||
| FORM D41. | Outright Charitable Bequests | |||
| 1. | Outright to university | |||
| 2. | Bequest of securities to charity to hold in trust with income for specific purpose | |||
| 3. | Devise of real estate to charity subject to right of named person to occupy at stated rental | |||
| 4. | Entire estate to university for limited scholarships | |||
| 5. | Residue to trustee to use income for limited stated purpose | |||
| 6. | Alternative gift to community foundation | |||
| 7. | Percentage of residue in varying amounts to number of charities | |||
| FORM D42. | Form Language for Legacies (Either at Death or at Termination of Prior Trust Term) to Individuals - Special Circumstances: | |||
| 1. | Equal shares for children of present marriage and of prior marriage of each spouse; share of deceased child to child's issue or spouse except for spouse of one child. | |||
| 2. | Class gift at testator's death. | |||
| 3. | To descendants, per stirpes, at death of life beneficiary with gift over. | |||
| 4. | To persons who attain age twenty-five; substitution for deceased child; gift over. | |||
| 5. | To issue when youngest child attains age twenty-five; termination of trust. | |||
| 6. | Class gift to delineated persons. | |||
| 7. | Stated sum to each member of named class and similar amount to those born thereafter prior to death. | |||
| 8. | Stated sums to each of a class with substitution of issue. | |||
| 9. | General bequest of stated percentages of estate. | |||
| 10. | Additional bequests if adjusted gross estate exceeds stated amount. | |||
| 11. | Payable as soon after death as possible. | |||
| 12. | Payable only if legatee survives so as to make anti-lapse statute inapplicable. | |||
| 13. | To two persons jointly or to the survivor. | |||
| 14. | Substitutionary gift. | |||
| 15. | Thirty-day survival; substitutionary gift; Anti-lapse statute inapplicable. | |||
| 16. | To series of persons. | |||
| 17. | All lapsed shares to residue. | |||
| 18. | One share to residue and others to the estates of deceased beneficiaries. | |||
| 19. | Three shares with different provisions for each share. | |||
| FORM D43. | Personal appearance of lost legatee. | |||
| FORM D44. | Bequests to employees. | |||
| 1. | Bequest to those remaining in testator's employ. | |||
| 2. | Pecuniary bequest to named employee if employed at death. | |||
| 3. | Amount of pecuniary bequest determined by years of service until testator's death. | |||
| FORM D45. | Life Style Issues | |||
| 1. | Bequest conditioned on cessation of drinking, smoking and gambling. | |||
| 2. | Distributions based on gainful earnings. | |||
| 3. | Withholding of distributions from trust based on lifestyle issues with optional QSST savings provision. | |||
| FORM D46. | Distribution From Principal of Trust at Time of Marriage. | |||
| FORM D47. | Legacies with Identified Sources | |||
| 1. | Stated sum to be paid out of bank account. | |||
| 2. | Stated sums to be paid from proceeds of sale of property - Excess proceeds to residue. | |||
| 3. | Demonstrative bequest of securities. | |||
| 4. | General bequest of securities. | |||
| 5. | Automobile. | |||
| 6. | Automobile with legatee having right to choose. | |||
| 7. | U.S. bonds to equal inter vivos gifts to others. | |||
| FORM D48. | Avoiding Duplicate Gifts. | |||
| 1. | Avoiding duplicate gifts where bequests contain thirty-day provision; payment primarily from estate of survivor. | |||
| 2. | Avoiding duplicate gifts where bequests are conditioned on survivorship; payment one-half from each estate. | |||
| FORM D49. | Inherited Assets, Past or Future, or Traceable Proceeds to Testator's Issue. | |||
| FORM D50. | Trust for Perpetual Care of Burial Lot with Gift of Excess Income to Church. | |||
| FORM D51. | Legal Life Estate | |||
| 1. | Legal life estate in real property with sale on death or non-use; Without security; Payment of carrying charges; insurance; repairs. | |||
| 2. | Legal life estate in furnishings. | |||
| FORM D52. | Precatory Words | |||
| 1. | Bequest of cash-precatory words as to use for another. | |||
| 2. | Bequest of cash-precatory words as to use by legatee for self. | |||
| 3. | Bequest of personal property-precatory letter of instructions. | |||
| 4. | Precatory language as to gift over of personal property. | |||
| 5. | Bequest of cash to spouse with precatory instructions as to further gifts to individuals and charity as contained in a letter. | |||
| FORM D53. | Reason for No Gift under Will | |||
| 1. | Spouse waived inheritance by marital agreement. | |||
| 2. | Beneficiary already otherwise provided for. | |||
| 3. | Beneficiary will be provided for by others. | |||
| 4. | Testator already provided for beneficiary. | |||
| 5. | All relatives excluded. | |||
| 6. | Exclusion from definition of children and descendants. | |||
| FORM D54. | Debts and Funeral and Administration Expenses | |||
| 1. | Payment of debts and funeral expenses. | |||
| 2. | Including gravemarker and last illness. | |||
| 3. | With directions as to burial. | |||
| 4. | Wife's direction to reimburse husband. | |||
| 5. | Business debts. | |||
| 6. | Waiver of statute of limitations. | |||
| 7. | Provision re specific gifts of assets subject to indebtedness. | |||
| FORM D55. | S Stock provisions | |||
| 1. | Authority to hold S stock and to make the S election | |||
| 2. | Authority to elect to be an electing small business trust | |||
| 3. | Power to divide a single trust into QSST and non-QSST | |||
| FORM D56. | Testamentary Trust For Vacation Home | |||
| FORM D57. | Definition of Adjusted Gross Estate | |||
| FORM D58. | Power of Invasion of Principal | |||
| 1. | Power to sprinkle principal among descendants where trust divides when youngest child attains age 22. | |||
| 2. | Power to sprinkle principal to spouse and descendants. | |||
| FORM D59. | Appraisal of Estate Property Allocated Non-Pro Rata | |||
| FORM D60. | Power to Act as Ancillary Personal Representative | |||
| FORM D61. | Exclusive Business Authority | |||
| FORM D62. | Definition of Incapacity | |||
| FORM D63. | Appointment of Person to Direct Trustee Under PAUTA § 7778 | |||
| FORM D64. | Appointment of Person to Receive Notice | |||
| FORM D65. | Trust for Animals per PAUTA § 7738 | |||
E. SPECIAL TRUSTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS |
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| FORM E01. | Irrevocable Insurance Trust (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM E01A. | Alternative Crummey Withdrawal Provisions | |||
| FORM E02. | Notice Letter for Right to Withdraw Addition to Trust | |||
| FORM E02A. | Memo Explaining Crummey Administration | |||
| FORM E03. | Split Dollar Corporate Resolution — Trustee Ownership with Collateral Assignment | |||
| FORM E04. | Non-Equity Split Dollar Agreement — Collateral Assignment Method — Single Life | |||
| FORM E04A. | Non-Equity Split Dollar Agreement — Collateral Assignment Method — Joint Lives | |||
| FORM E04B. | Non-Equity Private Split Dollar Agreement — Collateral Assignment Method | |||
| FORM E05. | Collateral Assignment — Single Life — Under Split Dollar Agreement | |||
| FORM E05A. | Collateral Assignment — Joint Lives — Under Split Dollar Agreement | |||
| FORM E05B. | Collateral Assignment — Private — Under Split Dollar Agreement | |||
| FORM E06. | Section 2503(c) Minor's Trust | |||
| FORM E07. | Testamentary Qualified Domestic Trust (Revised 2009) | |||
| FORM E08. | Qualified Personal Residence Trust — Payable at End of Term to Then — Living Descendants, Per Stirpes | |||
| FORM E09. | Grantor Retained Annuity Trust | |||
| FORM E09A. | Walton Type GRAT | |||
| FORM E09B. | Walton GRAT with GST Nonexempt Trust Extended to Death of Last Skip-Person | |||
| FORM E10. | Joint Lives Irrevocable Insurance Trust | |||
| FORM E11. | Inter-Vivos Generation Skipping Exempt Trust | |||
| FORM E12. | (Reserved) | |||
| FORM E13. | GST/QDOT Revocable Trust | |||
| FORM E14. | Defective Grantor Trust, Spray for Spouse and Descendants Until Death of Last of Grantor and Spouse to Die, Then Separate Perpetuities Trusts | |||
| FORM E15. | Inter-Vivos Irrevocable Total Return Trust for Descendants | |||
| FORM E16. | Separate Direct Skip Trusts for Grandchildren | |||
| FORM E17. | QSST Election Form | |||
| FORM E18. | ESBT Election Statement | |||
| FORM E19. | Irrevocable Trust Created by Minor at End of UGMA Custodianship | |||
| FORM E20. | Certification of Trust to Receive Qualified Plan Funds | |||
| FORM E21. | The [A] and [B] Residence Trust for Second Marriage | |||
| FORM E22. | Inter-Vivos QTIP for Incapacitated Spouse | |||
| FORM E23. | Notice of Revocable Trust after Settlor's Incapacity under PAUTA § 7780.3(b) | |||
| FORM E24. | Notice of Revocable Trust after Settlor's Death under PAUTA § 7780.3(c) | |||
| FORM E25. | Notice of Irrevocable Trust after Settlor's Incapacity under PAUTA § 7780.3(d) | |||
| FORM E26. | Notice of Irrevocable Trust after Settlor's Death under PAUTA § 7780.3(e) | |||
| FORM E27. | Notice to New Beneficiary of Irrevocable Trust under PAUTA § 7780.3(f) | |||
| FORM E28. | Notice of Change of Trustee of Irrevocable Trust under PAUTA § 7780.3(g) | |||
F. CHARITABLE GIVING |
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| FORM F01A. | Rev Proc 2007-46—Sample Testamentary Charitable Lead Annuity Trust | |||
| FORM F01B. | Rev Proc 2007-46—Sample Inter Vivos Grantor Charitable Lead Annuity Trust | |||
| FORM F01C. | Sample Inter Vivos Nongrantor Charitable Lead Annuity Trust — Plus Annotations In Rev Proc 2007-45 | |||
| FORM F01D. | Rev Proc 2008-46—Sample Testamentary Charitable Lead Unitrust (New 2009) | |||
| FORM F01E. | Rev Proc 2008-45—Sample Inter Vivos Grantor Charitable Lead Unitrust (New 2009) | |||
| FORM F01F. | Rev Proc 2008-45—Sample Inter Vivos Nongrantor Charitable Lead Unitrust (New 2009) | |||
| FORM F02. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Unitrust: One Measuring Life | |||
| FORM F03. | Sample Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust: One Measuring Life | |||
| FORM F04. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Two Measuring Lives, Concurrent and Consecutive Interest | |||
| FORM F05. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Two Measuring Lives, Consecutive Interests | |||
| FORM F05A. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Term of Years | |||
| FORM F06. | Insert — Sample Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Two Measuring Lives, Consecutive Interests | |||
| FORM F06A. | Insert — Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust: Term of Years | |||
| FORM F07. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: One Life | |||
| FORM F08. | Insert — Sample Testamentary Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: One Life | |||
| FORM F09. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: Two Lives, Concurrent and Consecutive Interests | |||
| FORM F10. | Insert — Sample Testamentary Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: Two Lives, Concurrent and Consecutive Interests | |||
| FORM F11. | Sample Inter Vivos Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: Two Lives, Consecutive Interests | |||
| FORM F11A. | Waiver of Spouse's Elective Share in Charitable Remainder Trust | |||
| FORM F12. | Private Foundation (Trust Format) | |||
| FORM F13. | Private Foundation (Corporate): Articles of Incorporation | |||
| FORM F14. | Private Foundation (Corporate): By-Laws | |||
| FORM F15. | Private Foundation (Corporate): Unanimous Consent in Lieu of First Meeting of Board | |||
| FORM F16. | Private Foundation (Corporate): Consent of Incorporator | |||
G. SPECIALIZED AGREEMENTS |
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| FORM G01. | Private Annuity Agreement | |||
| FORM G02. | Family Limited Partnership with Transfer Restrictions | |||
| FORM G03. | Shareholders' Agreement — Flexible Cross Purchase/Redemption | |||
| FORM G04. | Pre-Nuptial Agreement — Complete Waiver of Rights | |||
| FORM G05. | Pre-Nuptial Agreement — Negotiated Payments on Marriage, Death and Divorce | |||