Families, trusts, and heirs

One plan for the transfer

The people giving and receiving wealth can see who is involved, what is decided, and what is still open, as about $74 trillion changes hands.

Example firms beside a household transfer

  • Northline
  • Harbor & Co
  • Fieldstone
  • Lumen Trust

The hard part is coordination

  • Decisions live in different inboxes and folders.

  • Heirs and trustees are not always looking at the same list.

  • The next step is easy to lose.

A shared record, then a next step

One shared view

The people involved can see the same transfer, without a second private copy.

A short record

What was decided stays written down next to the people it concerns.

A next step

Each open item names who it is waiting on.

What the household can see

The same names, accounts, and documents that live in the workspace.

Everyone sees the same list

Heirs, trustees, and the family stop keeping three private copies.

  • One household workspace
  • Roles stay visible
  • No second inbox

People on this transfer

  • Ada LorneFamily
  • Jules OrtegaTrustee
  • Mina ChoAdvisor

The record sits with the decision

Accounts and amounts stay beside the people they concern.

  • Amounts stay visible
  • A beneficiary on each account
  • A date on the last change

Lorne household

  • Estate value$4.2M
  • Accounts12
  • Plan complete68%

Every open item has an owner

A step without a name and a date does not stay on the list.

  • An owner
  • A date
  • Done or still open

Still open

  • Confirm the household listAda Lorne
  • Trustee reviews the open listJules Ortega

Documents sit with the step

The will, the trust, and the signature request are not in a separate folder.

  • Status on each file
  • Next to the person who needs it

On file

  • Family trustSigned
  • Household willDraft
  • Beneficiary formWaiting

Three steps, then the open list

Start a transfer, invite the people it concerns, and keep the open items in one place.

  1. 1

    Start

    Name the transfer and the people who should see it.

  2. 2

    Invite

    Family members and trustees join the same record.

  3. 3

    Track

    What is done and what is still open stays on the page.

What example households say

We finally see the same list, instead of three inboxes.
RARuth AdlerAttorney, example household
The open steps have an owner and a date. That was the missing piece.
JOJules OrtegaTrustee, example household
I can tell my brother what is decided without a long call.
ELEvan LorneHeir, example household

Before you start a transfer

Who is this for?

Families, trusts, and the people named on a transfer, including heirs and trustees.

Does this replace the attorney?

No. It keeps one list so the attorney, the trustee, and the family are looking at the same steps.

Can an heir see every note?

An heir sees the transfer they were invited to. Notes stay with the people who wrote them.

What if the money is not moving yet?

Start with who is involved and which documents exist. Nothing is transferred from this page.

Start with the people already named

A household workspace for the transfer, with the accounts and documents in one place.

Open the workspace