Know where you stand before you meet an attorney.

Understand Your Estate Planning Readiness Before Meeting an Attorney

Take a guided assessment covering wills, trusts, healthcare directives, powers of attorney, beneficiaries, and asset planning. Receive a personalized readiness report that helps you understand potential gaps and prepares you for a more informed conversation with an estate planning professional.

Covers 7 key estate planning areas

Takes about 10 minutes

Personalized readiness report

Educational guidance — not legal advice

Designed to help you prepare before meeting an attorney

Why estate planning feels complicated

Most families know they need a plan. Few know where to start — or what they're actually missing.

3 in 4

American households have no will, no trust, and no estate plan of any kind.

Caring.com, 2025

16 months

The average time an estate without a plan spends going through probate court.

EstateExec

$400 / hr

Average estate attorney rate — before they can even begin to tell you what you need.

National average

Who this assessment helps

“I know I should have a will. I've been saying that for years. I just don't know what I actually need or where to start.”

Homeowners with a spouse or family

“My parents are getting older and I have no idea what they have in place — or what questions to even ask them.”

Adult children helping aging parents

“I want to get my affairs in order before I retire. I just don't want my family to have to figure it all out later.”

Anyone approaching or in retirement

What you'll learn

Your responses are evaluated across 7 key estate planning areas to produce a personalized readiness report.

01

Personal & Family Profile

Family structure, dependents, marital status, and state of residence.

02

Assets & Property

Real estate, retirement accounts, business interests, and overall estate value.

03

Existing Documents

Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and advance directives.

04

Beneficiary Designations

Life insurance, retirement accounts, bank accounts, and transfer-on-death designations.

05

Insurance

Life, long-term care, and disability coverage — and how it fits your planning.

06

Tax & Legacy Planning

Estate tax exposure, gifting strategies, and long-term legacy goals.

07

Special Circumstances

Business ownership, blended families, special needs dependents, and international assets.

What's included in your report

A personalized estate readiness report, delivered by email, scored across all 7 areas with plain-English findings and a prioritized action plan. The following is based on a fictional individual.

Sample Report  ·  Fictional individual  ·  For illustration only

Your Assessment Result

Tier 3 — Complex

Your estate involves significant complexity that requires careful planning and structured attention.

Priority Actions

01

Establish a revocable living trust that addresses your LLC interest.

Without one, your business interest passes through probate — freezing operations and exposing ownership to court oversight.

02

Execute a financial power of attorney and healthcare power of attorney.

No one is currently authorized to manage your finances or make medical decisions if you are incapacitated.

Domain Findings

CriticalExisting Documents

No will, no trust, no financial POA, no healthcare POA. Complete absence of estate planning infrastructure.

CriticalBeneficiary Designations

Retirement account and life insurance designations not reviewed in 3+ years.

CautionInsurance Structure

Life insurance owned personally — creates unnecessary estate tax inclusion risk at your asset level.

Print it. Email it. Bring it to your attorney.

See full sample report →

How it works

Simple, private, and straightforward.

1.

Complete the guided assessment

Answer 40 plain-language questions across 7 estate planning areas. No documents required — answer based on what you know today. Takes about 10 minutes.

2.

Receive your personalized readiness report

Your responses are evaluated against established estate planning factors. A secure link to your report is delivered to your email — scored, ranked by priority, and written in plain English.

3.

Go into your attorney meeting prepared

Share your report with your attorney, use it to ask better questions, or simply understand what you have and what you're missing. The report is yours to keep for one year.

Not legal advice

Will & Estate Ready is not a law firm. We provide educational readiness guidance — not legal representation.

$21, one time

No subscription, no renewal. Pay once and receive one report, accessible for one year.

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Your information stays private

Your answers are used only to generate your report. We do not sell or share your data.

Common questions

No. Will & Estate Ready is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We help you understand your own situation clearly — so that when you do sit down with an attorney, you're not starting from zero.

$21, one time. No subscription, no renewal, no upsell. You get one report, accessible for one year via a secure link sent to your email.

Your responses are used to generate your report — nothing else. We don't sell your data, share it with third parties, or use it for marketing. Payment is handled by Stripe. We never see your card.

No. Most people use Will & Estate Ready before they have one — to understand what they actually need before they start making calls.

“Not sure” is a valid answer. It tells us something useful about your planning readiness. You don't need to dig out paperwork or know legal terminology — just answer honestly based on what you know today.

Go into your attorney meeting knowing exactly where you stand.

$21. One report. A clear picture of your estate planning readiness — and a far more productive first conversation with an estate planning attorney.

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