Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe

by Nolo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005ML72
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 7, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,685 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #53 in Software > Business & Office > Legal
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

While nobody really likes to think about things like wills, power of attorney, and legal guardians, it's important to make sure you've provided for your family and taken care of your estate. Whether you need to create a will, a living trust, or a child-care agreement, Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe helps you compose and organize the necessary legal documents.

The program is easy to navigate, and helpful explanations are available at each and every point along the way. Although Quicken often errs on the side of too much explanation, keep in mind that this program outputs documents usually written by lawyers who trained for three years to understand this subject.

The kinds of documents that Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal can create are too numerous to list, but a sample of the core offerings include: will, living trust, health-care directive, durable power of attorney for finances, final arrangements, child-care agreement, elder-care agreement, general notice of death, and much more.

To answer the concern that a software program couldn't possibly provide the kind of know-how that an attorney could give, Quicken also provides a legal manual in book form and within the software itself. Quicken has teamed up with Nolo to make this subject matter understandable and accessible to the public at large.

While in no way is making a living trust a simple matter, Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal offers a realistic way to prepare legal documents without expensive lawyers or long hours of consternation. --Kendra Hayden

Amazon.com Product Description

Help protect your family, your assets, and yourself, and save on legal fees. Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal combines the latest versions of both WillMaker and Living Trust Maker with other legal tools you can use every day, all in one package. Simply launch Quicken Lawyer to create your own:

• Will
• Living trust
• Powers of attorney
• Living will
• Authorizations and agreements
• Child- and elder-care forms
• Documents for your executor

For each document, Quicken Lawyer 2002 takes you through a step-by-step interview. Your documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state. If you have any questions, simply check out the comprehensive legal manual, online or in print. Expert tech support is also available.

Create a will with Quicken Lawyer 2002 and make sure you've provided for family, friends, and charities. Name a personal guardian to care for your minor children and select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. Also, create your living will. Outline medical procedures you want provided, specify whether or not you want your life prolonged through artificial means, and appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out. Grant as much authority as you wish with forms for power of attorney. Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated, and appoint an alternate in case that person cannot serve. Plus, get a number of other legal documents for everyday use, such as child-, elder-, and pet-care agreements, membership or subscription cancellation notices, and many more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 113 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Save yourself the hassle and the $1500 dollars and buy this!, October 14, 2001

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"eireland" (Grass Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe (CD-ROM)

When our insurance guy recommended an estate planner and told us he would give us a great deal and only charge $1500 for our living trust and wills, we immediately looked to Nolo. Six months ago, they hadn't partnered with Quicken to provide this product so we bought the Willmaker/Living Trust Bundle here on ... They ought to call it a bundle because of what it saved us. It was easy to use, easy to understand, and saved us a ton of money. I can only imagine that the partnership with Quicken has made it even better. I've used their products for years in my business, and I don't think there are any better. Get this and do yourself a favor.

58 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating, January 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe (CD-ROM)

This software is extremely confining. It's difficult (impossible?) to delete documents you've created. It forces all-or-none documents. For example, if you want to indicate your preference for cremation, you MUST indicate where you want your ashes spread/kept. If you want to give someone power over your healthcare decisions, you MUST state specific decisions about life-support - There is no room for simply naming a healthcare proxy, which is a rather simple legal document.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest software I've ever used, August 21, 2002

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David Sweeny (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I saw several people bashing this wonderful software (all within a short amount of time, I note), many of which promote a terrible software package called "Family Lawyer," which makes me think Quicken's competitors are doing a bit of negative marketing.

Well let me tell you, I've used both, and Quicken Lawyer far and away exceeded Family Lawyer. First of all, it catches your mistakes, so you won't accidentally make a will out to yourself (like I almost did). Also, I don't no how many times Family Lawyer simply gave me a form and didn't tell me how to use it. Finally, Quicken has an update feature so you get the latest legal changes; the other product didn't tell me to expect changes.

This software saved me hundreds. I first got it when I needed to make a will and a healthcare directive before I had surgery.It was quick, easy and instructive. The program took me through the process step by step. Since then I've created a new will, a financial power of attorney and documents for my personal representative without a hitch. Thanks Quicken!