Thursday, February 4, 2021
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)
RLT Drafting - Day 1


AGENDA

11:00am-11:15am

  • Welcome

11:15am-12:45pm

  • Introduction to Estate Planning
  • Overview of WealthDocx
  • RLT Options
  • Establishing the Trust
  • Survivorship Options

12:45-1:00pm BREAK

1:00-2:30pm

  • Trust Protector Provisions
  • Trustee Succession
  • Administration upon Incapacity and Death
  • Specific Distributions and Distributions of Personal Property

2:30-3:00pm BREAK

3:00-4:30pm

  • Estate and Gift Tax Basics
  • Powers of Appointment
  • Taxable Estate
  • Credits against Tax
  • Tax on Generation-Skipping Trusts

4:30-4:45pm BREAK

4:45-6:00pm

  • Designing and Drafting Continuing Trusts
  • Creation of Marital and Non-Marital Shares
  • Marital Deduction Planning
Friday, February 5, 2021
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)
RLT Drafting - Day 2


AGENDA

11:00am-11:15am

  • Welcome

11:15am-12:45pm

  • Marital Share Funding Options
  • Clayton Election
  • Pecuniary Marital Formula
  • Fractional Marital Formula
  • Qualified Terminable Interest Property (“QTIP”) trust
  • Two QTIP Option

12:45-1:00pm BREAK

1:00-2:30pm

  • Pecuniary Credit Shelter
  • Portability
  • Distribution of the Marital Share
  • Distribution of the Non-Marital Share
  • Creation of Charitable and Non-Charitable Shares
  • Distribution of the Charitable Share

2:30-3:00pm BREAK

3:00-4:30pm

  • Specific Distributions upon the Death of the Survivor
  • Distribution of the Remainder
  • Remote Contingent Distribution
  • Distributions to Underage or Incapacitated Beneficiaries
  • Retirement Plans and Life Insurance Policies

4:30-4:45pm BREAK

4:45-6:00pm

  • Trust Administration
  • Trustee Powers
  • General Provisions
  • Case Studies
Monday, February 8, 2021
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
RLT Drafting Intensive Practical Applications Lab


Optional Session

This optional session highlights key features and best practices for drafting with Wealth Docx®, one of WealthCounsel’s trusts and estates solutions. We will specifically discuss the following, after which we will have Q&A. 

1.  Creating Contacts - discuss required fields: marital status, citizenship, editing in an interview.
2.  Creating Matter - adding related parties that will be available in name drop-down field; naming convention. Also, show where Quick Name Entry is located in the Drafting tab.
     a.    Show how to search a related Matter, update signing date, and creating a document from source Matter.
3.  Default Settings - what is the concept, which questions as a starting point (Naming preferences, term preferences, state-specific, layout options, Notary options). Show the Wrench feature.
     a.    Default State-Specific - UTC, Determination of Income & Principal, Fiduciary Powers Act.
     b.   State-Specific Interview Options - State of Trust Administration, Separate property funding options, UTC provisions, Marital Share Funding Options (some options available), Determination of Income and Principal, Notary Blocks and Will Attestations, & State-Specific Ancillary Documents.
4.  Create/Open a Document (Full/Simplified) - discuss each answer set option & the importance of naming an answer set. Answer Set Options: New, Existing, Spousal Conversion, Create from Scenario, Copy from Existing Answer Set, Import from Desktop (include bulk importing option).
5.  General & State-Specific Ancillaries
6.  Customization Tools - create new Sections and Articles: remove, replace, and add clauses. Discuss Clause Library and Community Clauses.
7.  Scenarios - Creating & Using - creating efficiency & consistency and confidently delegate initial drafting to staff member.
8.  Global Search Feature - locate resources and how to bookmark pages.
9.  Sample Documents - can be used to build Clause Library and view sample answer sets to see how fact pattern questions are answered to create a specific type of trust.
10.  Attachments/Documents from Community - discuss the capability of accessing documents from Community Groups such as Trusts & Estates group.
11.   Diagrams and Presentations & Policies & Procedures - show where the Resources page is located and how to use these.
12.   Profile - discuss setting up Profile, interaction in Member Community, how it can be used as a virtual business card/resume, and free advertisement on estateplanning.com to generate new business. Also, show Recent Activity section. 
13.   Content Support - show Chat and Contact Us (have answer set interview open in the background when submitting content support request).

 

Sessions will be recorded and made available one week after the event.