Quicken WillMaker Plus 2011

WillMaker Description

Write your will and avoid probate with America's #1 estate planning software!

Write your will, create a power of attorney for finances, and protect your family with Quicken WillMaker Plus 2011. This easy-to-use software provides the legal forms you need to create an effective estate plan that's valid in your state*.

For each document of your comprehensive estate plan, Quicken WillMaker Plus guides you through a series of interview screens. If you have any questions about your document, simply glance over at the onscreen legal guide or navigate to the comprehensive legal manual. Expert tech support is also available, so you'll always have the help you need.

Simply launch Quicken WillMaker Plus to create the following legal documents:

• Will
• Financial Powers of Attorney
• Health Care Directive, including a Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney
  
• Final Arrangements Documents
• Important Documents for Executors
• Information for Caregivers and Survivors
  
• Personal Finance Documents

The software also provides practical forms you can use every day to help run your home and keep your family safe, including authorizations and agreements, promissory notes, and child and elder care forms. Help protect your family and your assets, and save on legal fees with these easy-to-use legal forms.

PLUS! When you install your software, you'll get access to create a living trust using Nolo's Online Living Trust, a $169.99 value, at no cost! And as a special bonus, you'll get a downloadable, free copy of the Nolo bestseller, Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a $29.99 value, when you register your software.

Need to know more? Here are in-depth details about what you can do with Quicken WillMaker Plus:

Your Will
The heart of every estate plan is the will, also known as the last will and testament. This legal document puts you in control of who inherits your property -- not the state! Provide for your family, friends, and your favorite charities by leaving them your personal property. You'll also have the opportunity to name a personal guardian to care for your young children. You can specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate, whose job it is to see that your wishes are fulfilled. And, you can appoint a trusted person to manage property left to young people. With Quicken WillMaker Plus 2011, you can revise and update your will whenever you like.

Your Health Care Directive lets people who care for you make important decisions about your life and health when you're unable to do so. Spare your loved ones difficult decisions by laying out your wishes for medical care in case there's ever a time when you can't speak for yourself. Create a:

• Health Care Power of Attorney
  Permit a loved one to make important medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself and name the doctor you'd like to oversee your care.
• Living Will
  Specify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means in certain circumstances, make clear-headed decisions about specific medical treatments and procedures, authorize organ and tissue donation if you so desire, and appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.

Your Financial Power of Attorney
Name someone you trust to make financial decisions for you in the event that you are unable to do so for yourself. Don't worry, you can grant as much authority as you wish by creating a Limited Power of Attorney for a specific task or time period, or a Durable Power of Attorney for ongoing help with your finances.

Your Final Arrangements
Plan a funeral or other ceremony and ease the burden on your loved ones. Describe your preferences for burial, cremation, memorials, obituaries, and more. Plus, 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 and instructions he or she needs to do the job: Checklists, letters, notices, claim forms -- and more.

Information for Caregivers and Survivors
Organize your estate so that your survivors don't have to. Use these documents to give them information about everything from bank accounts to the names of people you'd like contacted in the event of your illness or death.

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, creating bills of sale, ending a credit card account -- and more!

Home & Family Documents
Whether you need to authorize someone to travel with your child to another country, want to lend your car to a friend, or create an agreement with a trusted person to take care of your elderly parent, Quicken WillMaker Plus has the legal forms to help you handle all these family situations -- and many more!

Please note that Quicken WillMaker Plus 2011 is only compatible with the Windows operating system.

*Estate planning documents not valid in Louisiana or the U.S. Territories.

List of Forms

All forms are completed through a step-by-step interview, which customizes a document based on your answers. Completed documents can be printed directly, or exported to an RTF document, which can be opened in any word processor.

Wills

• Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
• Final Arrangements
• Health Care Directive (Living Will & Power of Attorney)
• Information for Caregivers and Survivors
• Revocation of Health Care Directive
• Revocation of Power of Attorney
• Will
• Affidavit of Domicile
• Employee Death Benefits Letter
• Executor's Checklist
• Executor's Letter to Financial Institution
• General Notice of Death
• Information for Caregivers and Survivors
• Notice to Creditor of Death
• Authorization for Foreign Travel With Minor
• Authorization for Minor's Medical Treatment
• Child Care Agreement
• Child Care Instructions
• Elder Care Agreement
• Housekeeping Services Agreement
• Housesitting Instructions
• Notice to Put Name on Do Not Call List
• Pet Care Agreement
• Subscription or Membership Cancellation Form
• Temporary Guardianship Authorization for Care of Minor
• General Bill of Sale
• Limited Power of Attorney for Finances
• Notice to Terminate Joint Credit Card Account
• Promissory Note (Balloon Payment)
• Promissory Note (Installment Payments)
• Promissory Note (One Lump-Sum Payment)
• Promissory Note (Payments of Interest Only)
• Revocation of Power of Attorney
• Security Agreement for Borrowing Money

Press Reviews

"By far the most comprehensive program we reviewed, offering guidance on everything..." USA Today

"Walks you through making a will and provisions you need to consider for your situation." CBS News

"Quicken WillMaker Plus... was easy to install from a CD, and we found the interview-style format intuitive. We found it the most complete of the five products we tried." The Wall Street Journal

"From a group of tough critics, Nolo's WillMaker got the most praise... superior on every front." Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine

"Which software did I like the best? No contest.... If you're looking to write a will, I highly recommend WillMaker." Eric Tyson, author of Personal Finance for Dummies

"Write your own will using a software product such as WillMaker." ABC News

"Easy-to-navigate program offers impressive depth in several areas.... Resulting document suggests legal heft." Christian Science Monitor

"WillMaker is such an easy-to-use program that users may never need to look at the manual... refreshingly painless." Fortune

"The most... comprehensive and widely praised of the will writing programs." Chicago Tribune

"The difference: the software costs $45; a lawyer typically charges $500." Associated Press

"More than worth the price... easy to use and install." Black Enterprise

"The level of detail and complexity anticipated by the program makes WillMaker one of the leading legal-advice programs on the market." Inc.

"The most sophisticated legal software on the market." Worth

"While each screen in WillMaker Plus is packed with reading material, the program is straightforward and assuredly resourceful." PC World

"Even if you know you should see a lawyer... [WillMaker's] question-and-answer technique can help you sort through the options." BusinessWeek

"When creating an estate plan or will, there are several things you need to know. This software can help you understand the process and answer many questions..." About.com

"Includes a long list of documents, from a basic will to a living trust." The News Journal

"The interface is tasteful and intuitive, and the content is rock solid. You'll feel like you're in good hands." Laptop Buyer's Guide & Handbook

"Will help you identify whether you need a lawyer." Indianapolis Star

Customer Reviews

This program helped me tremendously with updating our wills -- made it fast and simple. I love it! KT,  Emory, TX

If I'd known it would be so easy, I'd have done our wills long ago.... JV, Windsor, CA

Very user friendly... great program and easy for non-computer people to use. MM, Flower Mound, TX

That was easy! Thanks so much for helping to give us piece of mind without costing us the whole pie!  MF, Arkansas

System Requirements

CD-ROM enclosed
Computer: Pentium 400 MHz
Operating System: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 22 MB (24 MB to install)
Monitor: 1024 x 768 with 16-bit color
CD-ROM drive: 2X Speed 
Internet Connection: 56 Kbps modem required to access online features
Printer: Any printer supported by Windows 7/ Vista / XP
Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; Adobe Acrobat Reader (optional); spreadsheet program (optional).