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Estate Planning Coordination Services
for CFP Clients

What are estate planning coordination services?

These services align the estate documents with real-world account details. In this way, your instructions match how assets and decisions are managed in practice. Our primary target is to prevent mismatches between what your attorney drafted and what your banks & brokerages and insurers have on documents.

When should you consider estate planning coordination?

This option is very leverageable after major life events or when the paperwork is scattered across distinct providers. We present the typical triggers below:

  • Marriage, divorce, a new child or a move to a new state
  • A recent inheritance or business sale or insurance policy change
  • Several financial accounts opened over years
  • A new trust & updated will or a change in who should act for you
  • Uncertainty about where older beneficiary forms ended up

What does a CFP actually coordinate in an estate plan?

The performance connects legal documents to the assets and instructions they are meant to control. Varying in parallel to your distinct situation, coordination might cover the below actions:

  • Wills and trusts coordination — confirming the documents match how assets are owned
  • Beneficiary designation review — checking primary and contingent beneficiaries on accounts and insurance
  • Powers of attorney planning — confirming who can act for you on financial matters in the case you cannot
  • Healthcare directive planning — confirming who can make medical decisions and what instructions exist
  • A single inventory of accounts, policies and key contacts for detailed approach

How does estate planning team coordination work across professionals?

Estate planning team coordination brings transparency to roles to keep everyone in their dedicated lane. Your attorney handles legal drafting & legal advice. On the other side, the CFP work is to organize inputs & surface conflicts and assist the group in closing gaps without delay. Dimov Tax does not draft legal documents or provide legal advice. Your attorney remains responsible for legal drafting & legal guidance.

ItemAttorneyCFP services (Dimov Tax)Client
Draft or update legal documentsYesNo
Review / ApproveYes
Gather account, policy and ownership detailsSometimesYesPresent records
Flag conflicts between documents and account settingsSometimesYesConfirm intent
Create an implementation checklist and track follow-throughNoYes
Sign and submit formsNoNoYes

What is the step-by-step process for estate planning coordination?

Estate planning coordination ends with a completable action checklist along with a quality, to-the-point set of questions for your attorney if changes are necessary:

  1. Intake and goals — confirm what you want to happen, who should be involved, who depends on you and what “success” looks like for this coordination
  2. Preferences — confirm how you want updates — email, call, video — and whether prior attorney/advisor experience created issues you want to prevent
  3. Document and account inventory — collecting the core estate documents plus a list of accounts and policies
  4. Alignment check — comparing ownership and beneficiaries to what the documents are trying to accomplish
  5. Issue log — grouping open items into “quick fixes” & “attorney follow-ups”
  6. Team handoff — sharing the open items with the attorney and — when relevant — planning administrators or insurance contacts

What should you bring to get started?

A compact set of documents speeds up the review and naturally lowers follow-up requests. Bring:

  • Your current will & trust and any amendments
  • Recent statements for key accounts — brokerage, IRA / 401(k) , bank
  • Insurance declarations pages
  • Copies of powers of attorney and healthcare directives — if they exist
  • A list of key people — names, roles, contact details
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Why does this matter for taxes?

Even small administrative details have big potential to change what gets reported, who receives tax forms and when specific filings appear. A coordinated file presents assistance in terms of limiting preventable surprises linked with ownership structure & inherited account rules.

Ready to get help from Dimov Tax?

If you require estate planning coordination managed in a practical and organized way, contact us today. Our experts stand ready to present this coordination services under our CFP services.

FAQs

What is wills and trusts coordination within CFP services?

It’s a check that the will or trust matches how your assets are titled & how key accounts are set up.

How much does estate planning coordination cost?

Pricing starts from $480, changing with document volume and how many accounts need review.

What is a beneficiary designation review?

It confirms the primary and contingent beneficiaries on retirement accounts & insurance policies match your intent.

Do beneficiary designations override my will?

Generally, yes. Retirement accounts and life insurance usually follow the beneficiary form or TOD instruction on file. If an asset has no beneficiary — your will or trust might control it. 

How do powers of attorney planning and healthcare directive planning fit into this service?

We confirm who you named and what the documents say. Afterwards, we flag gaps for your attorney in order to update if required.

How long does estate planning coordination usually take?

Clients generally finish the review in one or two meetings. Then the timing elements vary in line with the paperwork and attorney turnaround.

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