Estate Planning
📜 Estate Planning

Estate Planning Intake Without the Paper Chase.

A comprehensive estate plan requires financial statements from a dozen institutions, deeds to every property, existing trust documents, insurance policies, and business records. Collecting all of it used to mean weeks of back-and-forth and a client who gets frustrated before you even draft the first document. CaseHug organizes the entire collection process — securely, efficiently, and without the paper chase.

Auto-categorization
Multi-party collection
Bank-grade security
Estate planning matter dashboard in CaseHug showing organized financial documents
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Estate docs organized

24 docs · 8 categories · ready to draft

The Problem

Estate planning intake is extensive — and clients aren't prepared for it.

Clients underestimate how much documentation is required

Most clients coming in for estate planning don't realize you need statements from every bank account, every retirement account, deeds to every property, and every existing insurance policy. When they discover the document list at the first meeting, many become overwhelmed and delay follow-through for months.

Financial documents require significant client effort to gather

Getting current statements from 8 different financial institutions — some of which the client hasn't logged into in years — is genuinely hard for many clients. Without clear guidance and reminders, document gathering stalls and your draft documents sit waiting on information you can't get.

Missing documents = incomplete plans

An estate plan drafted without complete asset information can miss significant property, fail to properly coordinate beneficiary designations, or overlook business interests that require specialized planning. Incomplete intake leads to incomplete plans — a professional risk no estate planning attorney can afford.

Married couples and blended families multiply the complexity

For couples, you need documents from both spouses — often including assets held separately, prior marriages, and children from previous relationships. For blended families, the document collection can involve four or more parties. Managing all of this over email is a coordination nightmare.

The CaseHug Solution

Estate planning intake that gets you drafting faster.

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Organized financial document collection

Estate planning clients have financial lives spread across dozens of accounts, properties, and institutions. CaseHug's category-based collection organizes documents into logical groups — real estate, financial accounts, insurance, business interests, existing documents — so nothing gets missed and everything is findable.

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Secure handling of irreplaceable documents

Wills, trust documents, original deeds — estate planning involves documents that cannot be replaced. CaseHug's HIPAA-grade security with AES-256 encryption, access controls, and complete audit trails ensures that clients' most sensitive financial and personal documents are protected at every step.

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Auto-categorization and gap detection

CaseHug's AI reviews uploaded documents and automatically categorizes them. If a client uploads a brokerage statement but you have no IRA documentation, the system flags the gap. If a deed is uploaded for a property but no mortgage statement follows, it prompts for what's missing — without requiring manual checklist management.

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Multi-party collection for complex families

Estate planning often involves married couples, blended families, and business partnerships where multiple people need to contribute documents. CaseHug supports multi-party intake for the same matter — each person gets their own secure link, and all documents consolidate into a single organized matter dashboard.

Document Intelligence

Every estate planning document, organized automatically.

CaseHug knows every document type an estate plan might require and helps clients understand exactly what each one is and where to find it — reducing back-and-forth and getting you drafting faster.

Government-issued ID (driver's license or passport)
Social Security card / number
Marriage certificate
Divorce decree (if applicable)
Birth certificates for all children
Prior wills and codicils
Existing trust documents
Powers of attorney (financial and healthcare)
Healthcare directives / living wills
Real estate deeds (all properties)
Mortgage statements
Property tax statements
Vehicle titles
Bank account statements (all accounts)
Investment and brokerage account statements
Retirement account statements (IRA, 401k, 403b, pension)
Life insurance policies and beneficiary designations
Business ownership documents / operating agreements
Buy-sell agreements
Promissory notes / loans owed to or from the estate
Safe deposit box contents / location
Beneficiary designation forms (retirement accounts, life insurance)
Digital asset inventory (passwords, cryptocurrency)
Funeral / burial preferences document

Designed for estate planning complexity

Estate matters involve large, complex document lists. CaseHug organizes them by category, guides clients through each section, and collects everything in one place — no back-and-forth.

65+
Document types pre-loaded across all practice areas
15 min
Target intake completion time
HIPAA
Ready from day one — no additional setup

Get your estate clients drafting-ready in days, not weeks.

CaseHug organizes the entire financial document collection — securely, completely, fast.