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Page 1: Heritage Presentation

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Page 2: Heritage Presentation

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The

Her

itage

Adv

anta

ge

�P

repa

ring

Livi

ng T

rust

s N

atio

nally

Sin

ce 1

990

�Fr

ee L

ifetim

e C

hang

es�

Free

Life

time

Sup

port

�C

ompr

ehen

sive

Liv

ing

Tru

sts

�A

+ B

BB

Onl

ine

Rat

ing

Page 3: Heritage Presentation

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Her

itage

Pre

pare

s T

he M

ost C

ompr

ehen

sive

T

rust

Ava

ilabl

e

�T

he H

eri

tag

e L

ivin

g T

rust

fo

r a

hu

sba

nd

an

d w

ife c

on

tain

s o

ver

19

0 p

ag

es

of

imp

ort

an

t d

ocu

men

ts�

Th

e H

eri

tag

e L

ivin

g T

rust

in

clu

des

deed

pre

pa

ratio

n

an

d li

fetim

e h

elp

an

d s

up

po

rt

for

the li

fe o

f th

e t

rust

�T

he H

eri

tag

e L

ivin

g T

rust

in

clu

des

free li

fetim

e c

ha

ng

es

Page 4: Heritage Presentation

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Let U

s T

ake

You

Thr

ough

T

he H

erita

ge L

ivin

g T

rust

�E

very

He

rita

ge T

rust

co

mes

in a

bea

utif

ul z

ipp

er

bin

der

desi

gn

ed

to

ho

ld y

ou

r T

rust

a

nd

oth

er

imp

ort

an

t d

ocu

men

ts s

uch

as

you

r d

eed

s, in

sura

nce

po

licie

s,

an

d b

an

kin

g d

ocu

men

ts

Page 5: Heritage Presentation

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Eve

ryth

ing

You

Nee

d Is

Pro

vide

d

�It a

lso

incl

ud

es

a s

eco

nd

co

py

of

all

Pow

er

of

Att

orn

eys

fo

r yo

ur

fam

ily s

o t

hey

will

ha

ve

tho

se d

ocu

men

ts e

asi

ly

ava

ilab

le in

an

em

erg

en

cy

�A

fre

e c

op

y o

f th

e L

ivin

g T

rust

C

om

pa

nio

n B

oo

k is

pro

vid

ed

to

an

swer

all

you

r q

uest

ion

s a

bo

ut

wo

rkin

g w

ith y

ou

r tr

ust

Page 6: Heritage Presentation

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Fun

ding

You

r T

rust

Is V

ital

To

The

Inte

grity

Of Y

our

Livi

ng T

rust

�T

ran

sferr

ing

yo

ur

ass

ets

into

th

e L

ivin

g T

rust

is t

he m

ost

im

po

rta

nt

pa

rt o

f th

e p

roce

ss

an

d H

eri

tag

e g

oes

the

seco

nd

mile

to

ma

ke s

ure

th

e

fun

din

g p

roce

ss is

co

mp

lete

d

Page 7: Heritage Presentation

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Our

Ass

et O

rgan

izer

Hel

ps Y

ou

Acc

ount

For

All

You

r A

sset

s

�A

ll o

f yo

ur

ass

ets

need

to

be

tra

nsf

err

ed

into

yo

ur

tru

st

an

d w

e p

rovi

de y

ou

with

an

ea

sy A

sset

Org

an

izer

to

acc

om

plis

h t

ha

t ta

sk in

a

coh

ere

nt

an

d

com

pre

hen

sive

wa

y

Her

itage

Liv

ing

Tru

stH

erita

ge L

ivin

g T

rust

Ass

et O

rgan

izer

Ass

et O

rgan

izer

Wor

kboo

kW

orkb

ook

Page 8: Heritage Presentation

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Now

Let

’s R

evie

w

The

Doc

umen

ts In

Eve

ry

Her

itage

Liv

ing

Tru

st

�E

very

sect

ion

of

the t

rust

is

tab

bed

an

d c

olo

r co

ded

an

d

eve

ry p

ag

e t

ha

t re

qu

ires

a

sig

na

ture

is fl

ag

ged

so

all

you

h

ave

to

do

is f

lip to

th

at p

ag

e a

nd

si

gn

yo

ur

na

me. It c

ou

ldn

’t b

e

ea

sier

Page 9: Heritage Presentation

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The

Firs

t Doc

umen

t Is

The

In

trod

ucto

ry L

ette

r W

ith

Spe

cial

Inst

ruct

ions

�T

his

do

cum

en

t lis

ts a

ll th

e

pa

rtie

s to

yo

ur

tru

st li

ke y

ou

r su

ccess

or

tru

stees,

b

en

efic

iari

es,

an

d

con

serv

ato

rs; a

nd

giv

es

speci

fic in

stru

ctio

ns

on

ho

w

to e

xecu

te y

ou

r tr

ust

Page 10: Heritage Presentation

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The

Sec

ond

Doc

umen

t Is

The

Abs

trac

t Of T

rust

�T

his

is a

sh

ort

form

vers

ion

of

you

r a

ctu

al T

rust

Do

cum

en

t a

nd

th

e o

ne y

ou

pre

sen

t if

you

r b

an

k o

r a

ny

oth

er

au

tho

rity

a

sks

for

a c

op

y o

f yo

ur

Tru

st.

�T

he f

ull

vers

ion

of

you

r T

rust

D

ocu

men

t is

pri

vate

an

d s

ho

uld

n

eve

r b

e r

ele

ase

d t

o a

nyo

ne.

Page 11: Heritage Presentation

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The

Thi

rd D

ocum

ent I

s T

he

Livi

ng T

rust

Doc

umen

t

�T

his

is th

e fu

ll ve

rsio

n o

f th

e L

ivin

g

Tru

st D

ocu

me

nt.

It d

eta

ils y

ou

r w

ishe

s, n

am

es y

our

be

nef

icia

ries

, a

nd

giv

es s

peci

fic in

stru

ctio

ns

to

you

r su

cces

sor

trus

tees

on

ho

w t

o

settle

you

r e

sta

te.

It is

the

co

ntr

olli

ng

d

ocu

me

nt o

f yo

ur L

ivin

g T

rust

. �

Yo

u m

ay a

me

nd y

our

wis

hes

in th

is

do

cum

ent

at a

ny

time

wh

ile y

ou

are

liv

ing

bu

t it

beco

mes

irre

voca

ble

at

you

r d

eat

h.

Page 12: Heritage Presentation

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The

Fou

rth

Doc

umen

t In

You

r Li

ving

Tru

st Is

The

S

ched

ules

�T

his

is th

e d

ocu

me

nt

wh

ere

you

list

all

the

ass

ets

yo

u

wa

nt

in y

our

Tru

st.

A s

ort

of

inve

nto

ry o

f al

l yo

ur

ass

ets.

T

he

re a

re p

rovi

sio

ns

for

Re

al E

sta

te a

nd

Per

son

al

Pro

per

ty.

�T

his

do

cum

ent i

s a

vita

l and

im

po

rta

nt p

art

of f

und

ing

yo

ur

tru

st

Page 13: Heritage Presentation

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The

Nex

t Doc

umen

t Is

The

Per

sona

l Pro

perty

Tra

nsfe

rs

and

Dis

posi

tion

of P

erso

nal

Effe

cts

�T

his

do

cum

ent i

s w

here

you

sp

ecify

sp

eci

fic b

eq

uest

s o

f yo

ur

per

sona

l p

rop

erty

to y

our

ch

ose

n

be

nef

icia

ries

. �

Ite

ms

such

as

jew

elry

, ke

eps

ake

s,

colle

cta

ble

s, c

ash

, fa

mily

h

eirlo

om

s, p

ets

, a

nd

oth

er

such

p

ers

on

al it

em

s.

�T

his

elim

inat

es f

am

ily s

quab

ble

s o

ver

wh

o g

ets

wh

at.

All

no

n-re

al

est

ate

ite

ms

fall

into

this

cat

eg

ory.

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The

Nex

t Doc

umen

t Is

The

A

men

dmen

ts T

o T

he T

rust

�Y

our

trus

t is

cha

nge

abl

e a

t yo

ur

dis

cre

tion

a

nd

thi

s se

ctio

n a

llow

s yo

u to

ma

ke c

ha

nges

to

yo

ur

tru

st a

t an

y tim

e.

�Y

ou

ca

n c

ha

nge

the

su

cce

sso

r tr

uste

es

or

cha

ng

e th

e b

ene

ficia

ries

and

ho

w m

uch

of

you

r e

sta

te th

ey

will

re

ceiv

e.

�Y

ou

ca

n c

ha

nge

the

co

nditi

on

s or

sce

nar

ios

un

de

r w

hic

h th

ey

rece

ive

tho

se b

eq

ues

ts.

�H

erita

ge

will

als

o a

ssis

t you

with

the

se

cha

ng

es fr

ee

of

char

ge f

or th

e li

fe o

f yo

ur

trus

t.

Page 15: Heritage Presentation

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The

Nex

t Tru

st D

ocum

ent I

s T

he A

sset

s D

urab

le P

ower

of

Atto

rney

�T

his

do

cum

en

t a

llow

s yo

u t

o n

am

e a

tr

ust

ed

pers

on

to

ha

nd

le y

ou

r b

usi

ness

aff

air

s fo

r yo

u w

hen

yo

u a

re

un

ab

le t

o d

o s

o f

or

you

rself.

Su

ch p

ow

ers

of

att

orn

ey

pre

ven

t a

co

urt

fro

m in

terv

en

ing

wh

en

yo

u a

re

inca

pa

cita

ted

an

d c

an

no

t act

on

yo

ur

ow

n b

eh

alf.

In m

ost

ca

ses

the s

po

use

ho

lds

this

p

ow

er

bu

t it

can

be a

nyo

ne y

ou

ch

oo

se.

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The

Nex

t Doc

umen

t Is

The

Pou

r O

ver W

ill

�A

t yo

ur d

eat

h T

he P

ou

r O

ver

Will

d

ire

cts

all a

sset

s in

adv

ert

ently

left

o

uts

ide

the

Tru

st to

be

“p

oure

d o

ver”

into

the

Tru

st p

rio

r to

thei

r d

istr

ibut

ion

to y

ou

r h

eirs

on

ce th

ey

ha

ve c

lea

red

Pro

bate

.

�T

his

ass

ure

s th

at t

here

is o

nly

one

se

t o

f in

stru

ctio

ns

an

d o

ne c

han

ne

l of

dis

trib

utio

n fo

r yo

ur a

sse

ts.

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Nex

t is

The

Liv

ing

Will

or

The

Dec

lara

tion

For

H

ealth

care

�T

his

do

cum

ent i

nst

ruct

s at

ten

din

g

ph

ysic

ians

re

ga

rdin

g yo

ur w

ishe

s a

t th

e e

nd o

f yo

ur li

fe if

yo

u a

re

irre

vers

ibly

ter

min

al o

r br

ain

d

ea

d.

�It

giv

es th

em

per

mis

sio

n to

w

ithdr

aw

art

ifici

al l

ife s

upp

ort

if

ther

e is

no

ho

pe

for

you

r re

cove

ry.

Se

vera

l op

tions

are

pro

vid

ed.

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The

Dur

able

Pow

er O

f A

ttorn

ey F

or H

ealth

care

�T

he

Du

rab

le P

ow

er

of

Attor

ne

y fo

r H

ea

lth-c

are

allo

ws

you

to a

pp

oin

t a

p

ers

on

(s)

to m

ake

hea

lthca

re d

eci

sio

ns

for

you

whe

n y

ou a

re in

capa

cita

ted

an

d

un

ab

le t

o m

ake

thos

e d

eci

sio

ns

for

you

rsel

f.

�T

ha

t p

erso

n is

usu

ally

yo

ur s

po

use

bu

t if

you

r sp

ous

e is

no

t ava

ilab

le it

sh

ould

be

so

me

pe

rso

n y

ou

trus

t w

ith y

ou

r lif

e.

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The

Nex

t Doc

umen

t Is

You

r B

uria

l Ins

truc

tions

�T

his

do

cum

en

t a

llow

s yo

u

to d

ete

rmin

e a

nd

reco

rd

you

r d

eci

sio

ns

reg

ard

ing

yo

ur

bu

ria

l. �

It g

ives

you

ma

ny

op

tion

s a

s to

meth

od

of

inte

rmen

t, lo

catio

n, cr

em

atio

n,

serv

ice a

rra

ng

em

en

ts, a

nd

p

art

icip

an

ts.

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Inst

ruct

ions

Reg

ardi

ng

Don

atio

n O

f Ana

tom

ical

Gift

s

�T

his

do

cum

en

t a

llow

s yo

u t

o

giv

e p

erm

issi

on

an

d s

peci

fy

deta

ils r

eg

ard

ing

th

e d

ona

tion

of

vita

l org

an

s to

reci

pie

nts

, o

r yo

ur

en

tire b

od

y to

med

ica

l sc

ien

ce.

�T

his

is o

ptio

na

l an

d s

ho

uld

on

ly

be u

sed

if y

ou

wa

nt

to d

ona

te

you

r o

rga

ns.

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Set

tlor

Tru

stee

Inst

ruct

ions

�In

thi

s se

ctio

n y

ou

r S

ucc

esso

r T

rust

ee

re

ceiv

es

inst

ruct

ions

on

ho

w t

o s

ettle

yo

ur

Tru

st.

All

sett

lem

ent

o

ptio

ns

are

co

vere

d.

�T

he

se in

stru

ctio

ns

guid

e

you

r S

ucc

ess

or T

rust

ee

th

rou

gh

the

set

tlem

ent

p

roce

ss a

ll th

e w

ay to

its

con

clu

sio

n.

Page 22: Heritage Presentation

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The

Ess

entia

l Doc

umen

ts L

ocat

or

�T

his

sec

tion

of

your

trus

t pro

vide

s va

luab

le in

form

atio

n f

or y

our

succ

ess

or tr

uste

e s

uch

as

the

lo

catio

n o

f im

por

tant

doc

ume

nts

a

nd

ide

ntit

y o

f im

por

tant

peo

ple

lik

e y

our

pas

tor

or

acco

unta

nt.

T

his

is n

ot

a le

ga

l do

cum

ent

bu

t p

rovi

din

g t

his

info

rma

tion

for

you

r su

cce

ssor

trus

tee

ma

kes

thei

r jo

b

infin

itely

ea

sier

.

Page 23: Heritage Presentation

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Last

Inst

ruct

ions

T

o Y

our

Fam

ily

�T

his

is n

ot

a le

ga

l d

ocu

men

t b

ut

it p

rovi

des

you

with

th

e o

pp

ort

uni

ty

to w

rite

a fi

na

l priv

ate

co

mm

un

ica

tion

to

yo

ur

fam

ily a

nd

ho

ld it

in

con

fiden

ce u

ntil

yo

ur

dea

th.

Page 24: Heritage Presentation

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App

oint

men

t Of G

uard

ian

For

Min

or C

hild

ren

�If

you

ha

ve m

inor

ch

ildre

n th

is

do

cum

ent

allo

ws

you

to

ass

ign

a

leg

al g

uar

dia

n fo

r th

eir

care

in

you

r a

bse

nce

. �

If y

ou h

ave

ad

ult

dep

end

ent

or

me

nta

lly d

isa

ble

d c

hild

ren

yo

u w

ill

wa

nt

to u

se th

is d

ocu

me

nt t

o

pro

vid

e fo

r th

eir fu

ture

ca

re a

s w

ell.

In t

he la

tte

r ca

se a

Spe

cia

l Ne

eds

T

rust

ma

y be

adv

isa

ble

if th

ey

are

re

ceiv

ing

go

vern

me

nt

assi

sta

nce

.

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App

oint

men

t Of C

onse

rvat

or

�T

his

ver

y im

po

rta

nt d

ocu

me

nt

allo

ws

you

to

ap

poi

nt t

he

per

son

s w

ho

will

ta

ke c

are

of

you

wh

en

yo

u a

re n

o

lon

ger

abl

e to

take

car

e o

f yo

urs

elf.

�It

can

be

yo

ur s

pou

se o

r o

ne o

f yo

ur

child

ren

but

ap

poi

ntin

g th

is p

ers

on

w

hile

yo

u a

re m

ent

ally

co

mp

ete

nt

avo

ids

taki

ng

the

mat

ter

to a

C

on

serv

ator

ship

Cou

rt a

nd

lettin

g a

ju

dg

e d

eci

de

the

ma

tte

r.

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Sep

arat

e P

rope

rty

Agr

eem

ents

�T

he

se d

ocu

me

nts

ap

pear

on

ly in

the

sp

ous

al A

-B T

rust

. T

hey

allo

w y

ou

to

leg

ally

de

fine

sep

ara

te p

rop

erty

b

etw

een

sp

ous

es.

�T

his

is e

spe

cia

lly v

alu

ab

le in

co

mm

un

ity p

rop

erty

sta

tes.

Th

ese

do

cum

en

ts s

ho

uld

be

use

d

wh

ere

an

ind

ivid

ua

l sp

ous

e m

ay

ow

n p

rop

erty

prio

r to

the

ma

rria

ge

an

d w

an

ts to

hol

d o

wne

rsh

ip

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Now

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