Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010

Forays into the legal world are not typically recommended for anyone without legal training. There are tight stipulations, formats and processes that must be fulfilled in order for legal documentation to be considered official and to be effective.

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 from Nolo Press builds on the trend Nolo has been setting since the 70s, giving the everyday person access to their own legal system and the ability to produce effective legal documents that fulfill the requirements of the state.

With WillMaker Plus 2010, we found that as far as personal attention goes, this software covers almost every base. From the long-term documents such as your will to the everyday form, such as promissory notes, the provision of over 40,000 professional templates meant that we never found ourselves worrying that the format or the content was correct. We simply took note of the step-by-step process information, completed the necessary fields, and printed out a professional document. Creating a complete will took all of 15-20 minutes.

As life becomes increasingly bound up in legality, the personalized way in which the Quciken WillMaker Plus 2010 software provided us with templates for property, health care, and family concerns such as financial powers of attorney was a comforting discovery. Legal consultation to take care of these numerous necessary facets of personal security is a complicated process, and, it goes without saying, an expensive one also. It is probably the diversity and professionalism of the 2010 Quicken WillMaker Plus that sets it apart - and the initial financial layout is reasonable.

Of course, you may not use all of the options Quicken WillMaker Plus gives you. You certainly will not be using the Living Trust creator tool, as Nolo have taken it out of the 2010 software to focus on the will-making side of things. Disappointing, perhaps, but not everyone requires the tool in any case. By and large, QuickMaker Plus 2010 has covered the documents you need.

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010: What We Liked

Software.com Labs singled out the key features to be watching out for in Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010.

• Accessibility - You don't have to know what you are doing to use WillMaker Plus 2010. The program has a built-in interviewer that takes you through each step and lets you know what needs to be filled out to meet your requirements. Luckily, the program knows the law, so you don't have to.
• Diverse - With over 40,000 professional templates, your personal assets, your familial legal requirements and your lifestyle all have their own model documents to help you cover the bases you may not have known even needed attention.
• Efficient - Rather than spend hours or days with an expensive legal consultant, you will be walked through the creation of your documents in as short or as log a time as you need.

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010: What We Didn't Like

• The Living Trust creator tool has disappointingly been removed in WillMaker 2010. Nolo have reasoned that more people buy the product to make a will than to make a Living Trust, however the reaction to the Trust tool being removed tells somewhat of a different story.

Nolo Press Support

Nolo Press offer direct contact lines for customer and technical support. They also provide online support via product specific FAQs, a company blog, and email contact.

About Nolo Press

Nolo products work from a core writing team of practicing lawyers that help keep the program up to date. They have been developing personal legal document software since 1971 and has been recognized in PC Magazine's "Top 100 List" and the Webby "People's Voice Award" in that time.

Nolo Press is headquartered in California, U.S.A.

  

Making personal legal documents accessible for the masses has been Nolo Press' business since the 1970s. Now America's No.1 market choice, Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 turns writing legal documents into a 15-minute task, saving you both the time and the money you would spend on legal consultation. WillMaker Plus provides you with all the legal forms you need to write your will, create an effective estate plan and help protect your family and your assets. Start creating your will immediately with Nolo's Online Will.

The Quicken WillMaker Plus software assembles your forms from among 40,000 document possibilities, simply launch the program to create:

• Will
• Health Care Directive
• Living Will
• Health Care Power of Attorney
• Financial Powers of Attorney
• Final Arrangements Document
• Important documents for executors

The software also provides forms you can use every day, such as authorizations and agreements, promissory notes, and child and elder care forms.

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 Features

In developing the features that have taken QuickenWillMaker Plus 2010 to the top of the market, the WillMaker Plus software has worked hard to ensure that it is accessible to anyone:

• Step-by-step interview process to take you through each document you produce.
• Comprehensive onscreen legal manual.
• Expert tech support.
• Completed documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state.

The key features of each document type cover all the legal bases you need to keep your family, your assets and your future secure:

Will

• Provide for family, friends and charities.
• Name a personal guardian to care for young children.
• Specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate.
• Select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. R
• Revise and update your will whenever you like.

Health Care Directive

• Lets people who care for you make important decisions about your life and health when you can't.
• Health Care Power of Attorney
• Permit a loved one to make important medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself.

Living Will

• Specify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means.
• Appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.
• Financial Power of Attorney
• Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated.
• Grant as much or as little authority as you wish.

Your Final Arrangements

• Plan a funeral or other ceremony.
• Clarify whether you want a cremation or burial.
• Select someone to oversee your final arrangements.

Documents for Your Executor

• Make sure your executor (or "personal representative" in some states) has all the forms they need to do the job.
• Create checklists, letters, notices, claim forms.

Personal Finance Documents

• Over a dozen forms that let you handle financial situations you might face on any given day, such as lending or borrowing money between friends or family or creating bills of sale

Home & Family Documents

• Handle a variety of family situations, from authorizing someone to travel with your child or lending your car to a friend.