| I'll take a stab at it. Depends on your net worth. Up to $800K it was bout $1000. Above that its dependent on the net worth- ie the more you got the more they want because presumably you have a more complicated portfolio requiring much more paperwork. I axt em what if I had $2 million in a passbook savings account (no securities - very simple) and they backed off and said it would be negotiable. Yah sure! Hard to get a straight answer. Couple months ago a friend of mine with several propeties and a few CD's and overall net worth about $1 million spent around $1600-$1800 for a trust. There are lawyers for this as well as paralegals that specialize. He used a paralegal. As ever, see a library or a book store. Download info from Google. Know your stuff in advance. Don't rely on memory; get some publication(s) in your hot little hand that you can refer to anytime day or night. | 
