LAUREN RICHARDSON LAW, PLLC
Gainesville, Florida Attorney Protecting Families Through Estate Planning For More Than 25 Years
Now Offering Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration Statewide
Lauren Richardson Law, PLLC
Estate Planning Packages - Pricing Menu - 2023
Each estate plan starts with a free 15 minute phone consultation. Estate Planning Packages include the following: estate planning questionnaire and an initial family legacy planning consultation (larger estates); phone, Zoom, or in-person consultation with asset review and
discussion of wishes, goals, and details to customize your plan (all estates); document preparation; document review; packet with original documents for signing, detailed instructions for a remote document signing (or in-person appointment if in the Gainesville area), and attorney instruction letter for how to safekeep your documents and complete any necessary follow-up such as updating beneficiary designations to work with your estate plan.
Plans with a trust include instructions for and help with trust funding as needed.
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Simple Will Package Will With Trust for Minors Package
Last Will and Testament Last Will and Testament w/Trust for Minors
Durable Power of Attorney Durable Power of Attorney
Designation of Health Care Surrogate Designation of Health Care Surrogate
Living Will Living Will
Single person: $800 Single person: $1,000
Couple: $1,200 Couple: $1,500
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Will With Supplemental Needs Trust for Revocable Living Trust Package
Disabled Beneficiary Package Revocable Living Trust Agreement
Last Will and Testament w/Suppl. Needs Trust “Pourover” Will
Durable Power of Attorney Durable Power of Attorney
Designation of Health Care Surrogate Designation of Health Care Surrogate
Living Will Living Will
Single person: $1,800 Single Grantor: $2,000
Couple: $2,500 Couple with Joint Trust: $2,500
Durable Power of Attorney Package Durable Power of Attorney w/ Health
Durable Power of Attorney Care Powers (single document)
Designation of Health Care Surrogate Single person: $300
Living Will Couple: $450
Single person: $500
Couple: $700 Family Legacy Planning Consultation $750 (for larger estates)
This indepth initial consultation for clients with larger estates
includes attorney review of estate planning questionnaire and
Additional Documents: presentation of a range of options and fees for such options for
Enhanced Life Estate Deed* (“ladybird” deed): $350 potential clients to choose from based on goals of probate avoidance; Deed Into Trust* (for trust funding): $350 estate, gift and income tax minimization; business succession planning;
Deed of Gift* (quitclaim deed): $350 and family dynamics. If client retains after consultation, then fee for
Supplemental Needs Trust/Disability Trust+: $2,000 consultation will be deducted from fee for option selected.
*includes recording fees
+includes submission for DCF approval Elder Law/Asset Protection Planning Consultation $750 - Initial
Consultation includes attorney review of elder's assets and income and
presentation of a range of options and fees for such options for potential clients to choose from based on goals to preserve assets for family legacy planning and qualify for Medicaid ICP Program for long term care and
other benefits. Options may include personal services contract, qualified income trust, enhanced life estate deed, plan for spend down to improve homestead property, Medicaid application and follow up. If client retains after consultation, then fee for consultation will be deducted from fee for
option selected.
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​Options and fees for more complex estate plans are based on the information provided on the
potential client’s estate planning questionnaire and obtained during Family Legacy Planning Consultation:
More Complex Estate Plans include Joint or Individual Revocable Living Trusts with Estate Tax Planning Provisions or Irrevocability or QTIP Trust Upon Death of First Spouse, Revocable Living Trusts with Supplemental Needs Subtrust for Disabled Beneficiary, Other Customized Revocable Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Charitable Trusts, Business Succession Planning, Complex Generational Planning.