Quicken WillMaker Plus 2014 Edition: Book & Software Kit Author: Nolo Editors | Language: English | ISBN:
1413319432 | Format: PDF
Quicken WillMaker Plus 2014 Edition: Book & Software Kit Description
Review
""...can walk you through making a will and provisions you need to consider for your situation"" CBS MoneyWatch
""From a group of tough critics, Nolo's WillMaker got the most praise... superior on every front."" Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
""Even if you know you should see a lawyer... [WillMaker's] question-and-answer technique can help you sort through the options."" BusinessWeek
- Series: Quicken Willmaker
- Paperback: 472 pages
- Publisher: NOLO; 2014 Edition edition (October 16, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1413319432
- ISBN-13: 978-1413319439
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
First, if you're new to the Quicken WillMaker product line, you should be aware that although it's sold (by Nolo) as a stand-alone product, it really works more like an annual subscription product, because it won't get updated beyond 2014. You will not be forced to buy next year's version, and will be able to open and work on and print your existing files from 2014, but will not receive legal updates, which can occur often for some states and especially in these times of constant governmental interferences in private citizens' lives at all levels, unless you buy the 2015 version, which means your existing documents created by this program can contain legal mistakes in the future.
Second, a few years ago Nolo made the anti-consumer decision of detaching the trust documents from the WillMaker product and offering as a "free" online product to buyers of this software. They claim you're getting a high value but in fact it used to be an integral part of WillMaker, plus the online trust maker will expire after one year, unless, again, you renew the subscription. This online component will really expire, as it happened to me. I do not see any reason to believe that this is the same case this time around.
The WillMaker software itself comes with a large number of legal documents for estate planning and also a few everyday tasks. Central to the program, of course, is making a will as well as making a living will (i.e., healthcare directive). WillMaker's interface has, amazingly, not changed (read, not improved) since 10 or 12 years ago when I first started using it. It still goes through a screen-by-screen process which can get very boring and annoying because sometimes you have to figure out how to cross-reference materials in previous or future screens.
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