https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:44:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483974 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:44:04 +0000 blackbird 1483974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ah good call on the legal services through work. Our company has a referral program, which includes 25% off should we choose one of the lawyers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483544 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:06:00 +0000 sunny 1483544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: my group legal plan also covered speeding tickets and a few other kinds of legal issues (divorce, contracts, etc). </p> <p>You'd probably hear about it during open enrollment if your company offered it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483534 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:04:12 +0000 looch 1483534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: you'd be surprised, because the legal benefits actually cover a lot more...including buying/selling real estate, estate planning, representation in case you get sued, tax audit support, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483527 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:03:00 +0000 blackbird 1483527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch, Yeah if it's part of healthcare, definitely not. We get tons of retirement benefits, but that appeals to the demographic of my company. Guardianship? Not so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483505 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:00:06 +0000 looch 1483505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: you would know if you had it, we learned about it during open enrollment for healthcare in the fall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483491 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:56:30 +0000 sunny 1483491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did mine through ARAG which is a group legal plan. I think the lawyer we used normally charges around $700-1000 depending on how complex your will is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483470 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:54:02 +0000 blackbird 1483470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not seeing anything offered through my company, and my manager's not sure we do that, either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483439 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:49:24 +0000 blackbird 1483439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going with a local law firm. When I go to the page, it says "about us" and just lists the one attorney. She's been licensed for about 10 years....</p> <p>ah i dunno. I hope it's not terribly expensive, our situation is pretty standard, I would think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483348 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:32:31 +0000 junebugmama 1483348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: we also used our employer benefit which is $17 per month. </p> <p>So it cost us nothing on top of that fee </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483343 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:31:28 +0000 rattles 1483343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I'm in the Midwest too and did this last year. That's about what we were quoted (a little less, but close), though we wanted to set up a trust and doing all of it together was about twice that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483288 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:18:10 +0000 MsLipGloss 1483288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: It really depends on whether it is a flat fee agreement or whether it is an hourly fee agreement . . . with the hourly rate, it depends on the size of the firm (100+ attorneys = *big,* relatively speaking), and the billing rate of the attorney who will be doing the work (which should be disclosed in the fee agreement . . . although more than one attorney may work on the file, so keep in mind what the blended rate of those hourly charges may be . . . although all possible categories of billers/rates should be disclosed in the fee agreement).</p> <p>My guess is that would range anywhere from $1k to $3k (flat fee), for a normal, not-too-complicated set up. . . or $1k+ for an hourly fee agreement.</p> <p>I hope that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483255 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:11:21 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1483255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$400 for setting up a trust, estate planning and guardianship. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483248 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:10:27 +0000 MrsH 1483248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: big law firm ~ 2k. Smaller law firm - maybe 1500. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483180 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:53:13 +0000 looch 1483180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have legal services available through our employer, so it cost us the cost of the monthly plan...which is about $60 per month. The actual documents are included in our coverage and our situation is pretty boilerplate, so nothing custom/expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/estate-planning-and-guardianship#post-1483156 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:47:55 +0000 blackbird 1483156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh and I have an appt to meet with a lawyer to set up Estate Planning and Guardianship. It's just a free consult/estimate. </p> <p>If you had it done, what did it cost? I'm thinking $1200 is about what it may run us? I'm in the midwest. Just trying to get a ballpark idea </p>