Section 10 | Trust Assets & Correspondence | Introduction

This tenth section contains various retitlement letters needed for transferring certain assets to your trust. These documents have been designed for convenience and expediency. Just fill in the applicable account numbers, sign the letter(s) and send it to the respective transfer agents. They, in turn, will retitle those assets to your trust.

The beneficiary change letters in this section are very helpful when designating your trust as the beneficiary of your insurance, annuities, qualified plans etc. A certain amount of tax planning should be incorporated when determining the proper use of these beneficiary change letters—especially when deciding on whether your trust is to be a primary or a contingent beneficiary.

Also included are stock & bond powers. These may be used to transfer title of a stock or bond certificate without having to actually (locate, relocate and) sign the certificate itself. The signed stock or bond power is simply attached to the certificate, by the transfer agent, indicating title transfer. This avoids the requirement of having to mail such certificate back and forth from the transfer agent to you.

This section also contains the Trust/Portfolio Change-Request and Payment Voucher forms. We advise that you seek the assistance of your Consultant if you need to use these forms. Any changes requested within 30 days of the signature date of your trust will be provided by our office without additional fees. Any changes that you request for your Estate Planning Portfolio after such 30-day period will require a fee payment before work is started (and finished).

Always remember to make as many photo-copies as you will need for each respective format and keep the originals in your Portfolio. You and your Consultant should go through all of these forms so that you understand the request that you are making with each form that you send to a transfer agent.