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Only $29.95, paid after
you complete your Will
You can trust
the Wills.Com service. Wills.Com is affiliated with more than 700
estate planning attorneys
who together are licensed to practice law
in all 50 states.
Caviat emptor - Let the buyer
beware.
Before you prepare ANY Will or other legal document
online ask two questions:
1. Will
the service produce an Adobe Acrobat document that can be printed
immediately from your web browser, producing a professional quality legal
document? Most of the online legal document preparation
websites do not have the technology to do this. These sites either
produce a web page with your Will that lacks the professional page
formatting needed in many cases to make the document legal, or
produce the document in their office and mail the document to you, making
changes slow and difficult.
2. Does
the service keep your information securely stored in their server so you
can make changes later quickly and easily? Most people who use our
service to prepare their Will take advantage of this feature to revise
their Will, after they have had more time to consider their
decisions. If they had to pay more money for revisions, retype the
information already entered or wait for the revision to come in the
mail or FedEx, they might not be as willing to make changes to make sure
their Will is EXACTLY like they want it.
| When attorneys prepare a will for their clients, most
use a standard form. For years, consumers have been able to
buy software that can be installed in their PC to prepare a will.
Yet, since this is single use software (how many wills
do you write in a year?), many people are reluctant to install the
software on their PC. Now, with the wide availability of the
Internet, many of these single use programs can be run over the Internet right from your Web
Browser. The popularity of income tax preparation over the Web
shows how practical this idea is.
For $29.95, you can use
Wills.Com to prepare your Simple Will. You will need to type in all
of the information about yourself, such as your name and address, and who
you would like to name in your will to receive your assets. Based on
the information that you enter, Wills.Com will prepare a will customized
with the information you have entered. Here's what you
get:
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A
four or more page printer-ready will, that you can
print immediately on your printer.
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A version of your will that you can view in
your Web Browser. You can copy the text from your browser and paste it into your
word processor.
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The precise wording on your will is
customized to match your circumstances, reflecting the information that
you have entered.
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You
will be able to establish a trust fund for
your children, that will provide for their care and education when they
are young, and will distribute whatever money is left in the fund once
all of your children are grown. You can choose who will serve as
Trustee of the trust fund, and what age your children must reach to
receive their share of the trust.
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You will be able to name an unlimited number of assets (such
as your house or your wedding ring) and specify who you would like to give
these assets to (special bequests).
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You will be able to name an unlimited number of beneficiaries
who will share the remainder of your assets, after bills are paid and
special bequests are distributed.
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You will be able to name the person who carries out
your wishes as specified in your will, and who you want to take care of
your minor children.
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Your will will include an Acknowledgement
(sometimes called a Self Proving Codicil) that is needed in
many areas to make your will valid.
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You will receive a detailed checklist that will
instruct you on what to do with your will once it is
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