As you can imagine, we get the question “how much should my estate plan cost” quite frequently.
And it's a good question that I want to answer for you as clearly as possible, given that there is no “one-size fits all solution” for every family. I would sprint away from any lawyer who can tell you precisely what your plan would cost via email or over the phone without a comprehensive discovery process.
You see, this is precisely why most estate plans fail. Families shop around based on price (because they don't know any other way to shop for an estate plan) and end up with a traditional plan, a set of documents that do not work when the family needs them.
Here's what I can assure you:
We've priced our estate planning for you and your family at the intersection of affordability and effectiveness.
We start all of our plans with a Family Wealth Planning Session™, which is designed to get you more financially organized than you have ever been before and ensure that no matter what happens, none of your hard-earned assets will be lost to the State Department of Unclaimed Property when something happens to you.
Even if you never do any planning with us, the Family Wealth Planning Session alone is a hugely valuable process for you and your family because you will create a complete inventory of your assets and ensure your family knows what you have.
Then, when we meet in person, we will review everything you own and discuss everyone you love. You will understand precisely what would happen to everything you own and everyone you love in the event of your death or incapacity.
If you do not have a plan, we will cover the State's plan for you. If you do have a plan, we will review your current plan with you. (We call this an estate plan review and check-up).
If you are unhappy with your current plan (or the plan the State has for you), you will tell us what you would want to change, and we will look at the most effective, efficient, and affordable way to achieve your goals.
Here's the crucial part for you to know about this: you will be making informed, educated, empowered decisions for the people you love, not just shopping around based on price.
And the best part is that as part of this process, you will choose your own fee based on your budget and the planning options most important to you and your family. There truly is no one size fits all choice.
We have created a process to educate you quickly and effectively so that you can make empowered, informed choices about what you want for the people you love so that you aren't simply choosing the cheapest option because you don't have any other basis for making your decisions.
Okay, now, having said all that, you probably want to know at least a range of what estate planning will cost.
With all of that background in mind:
- A Family Wealth Planning Session process is $750. An Estate Plan Review and Checkup is $950. Those fees are applicable if you come in fully uneducated without doing any homework ahead of time.
- If you'd like to do a little preparation ahead of time and secure your appointment time with a credit card (though nothing is charged on your card so long as you keep your appointment and turn in your homework in advance), you can follow the instructions and schedule here and use the coupon code indicated to commit that you will do your homework and prepare for the meeting. That saves me time and saves you money.
If, after reading this, you are ready to make informed, empowered, educated decisions for the people you love (instead of just shopping around for the cheapest plan, which is unlikely to work when your family needs it), get started by booking your free consultation.
In 10 minutes, this FREE website will help you protect your kids if something unthinkable happens to you before creating your formal estate plan. This is the first step to ensuring your kids are raised by the people you want, in the way you want, no matter what.