Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 [Old Version]

by Nolo

Product Features

• Estate-planning software makes it easy to create customized legal documents
• Create Legal Wills, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, personal-finance documents, and more
• 10 additional estate-planning, retirement, finance, and family-care resources
• Includes 2 audio CDs--Stopping Identity Theft and The Busy Family's Guide to Money
• Comprehensive online legal manual; free legal updates keep documents current through 2010

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00334NKQG
• Item model number: WQP10R4
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 30, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,216 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #4 in Software > Business & Office > Legal

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 combines America's top estate-planning software with 10 important estate-planning, family, and retirement resources so you can protect your family and assets, and save on legal fees.

Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 provides the legal forms required to create an effective estate plan. Just launch the software, follow a simple, guided, step-by-step interview, and in 30 minutes or less you can create the following documents, customized to suit your unique circumstances and reflect the laws of your state*:

• Legal Will
• Health Care Directive (Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney)
• Financial Powers of Attorney
• Final Arrangements

You'll also get dozens of helpful, everyday personal-finance forms and home-and-family documents, such as child, elder, and pet-care agreements and authorizations for minor's medical treatment and foreign travel.

Free legal updates keep your documents current through 2010.

And if you get stuck along the way, the program's comprehensive yet plain-English online legal manual is just a click away.

Bonus! WillMaker Premium includes two audio CDs:

• Stopping Identity Theft: from shopping safely--online and off--to avoiding the latest thieving techniques like phishing and skimming, this one-hour audio sampler offers simple, action-oriented advice for safeguarding your personal information.
• The Busy Family's Guide to Money: whether in need of a realistic budget or seeking to simplify investments, this one-hour audio sampler cuts to the chase, delivering practical and fast solutions to the most pressing financial issues your family faces.

Included! Bonus software lets you create your own valid, living trust, tailored to the laws of your state. Make a living trust and spare your family the hassle and expense of probate.

Plus: Nolo understands that protection and planning reach beyond the scope of the estate plan, so Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 provides 10 additional estate-planning, retirement, finance, and family-care resources to keep you and your loved ones covered:

1. Make Your Own Living Trust (eBook)
   When you create a living trust your property bypasses lengthy probate proceedings and goes directly to the people you've designated. This eBook shows you how to create various living trusts, transfer assets to your trust, including real estate, name beneficiaries for all trust property, and much more.
2. The Executor's Guide (eBook)
   A Nolo bestseller, The Executor's Guide provides the legal and practical information you need at a difficult time so you can get organized and get the job done. Find out how to make sense of a will, claim life insurance, Social Security and other benefits, deal with family members, and work with professionals.
3. Plan Your Estate (eBook)
   Plan Your Estate untangles the complexities of estate planning, covering everything from basic wills to sophisticated tax strategies. It explains wills, how to leave property to children, and much more.
4. IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans (eBook)
   This eBook is your guide to making sense of all of the common retirement plans and government distribution rules. You'll learn when to take out your money, what the penalties are for taking early distribution (and how to reduce or avoid them), and much more.
5. Easy Ways to Lower Your Taxes (eBook)
   With Easy Ways to Lower Your Taxes, you'll discover legitimate tactics and useful insights that will lower your tax bill without running you afoul with the IRS. Find out how to get a lower tax rate, boost your tax-free income, take advantage of exemptions, and identify and use credits.
6. Estate Planning for Blended Families (eBook)
   Find out how to provide for your spouse as well as children from both your previous and current marriage. This eBook shows you how to discuss matters with your spouse, plan for all children involved, deal with estate and gift taxes in a second marriage, and more.
7. Long-Term Care (eBook)
   Arranging long-term care for yourself or a loved one can leave you feeling isolated and overwhelmed with difficult decisions. This eBook will help you understand all of your options so you can find the best care you can afford. You'll learn how to evaluate long-term care insurance, arrange home care, explore options beyond nursing homes, and much more.
8. Nolo's Crash Course in Estate Planning Basics (audio)
   Presented in a friendly audio format, this two-CD package provides concrete information and answers from Nolo's expert estate-planning attorneys. It covers the principles of estate planning, including the difference between a will and a living trust, medical directives and powers of attorney, how best to leave money to children, and keep your estate plan current.
9. 101 Law Forms for Personal Use (eBook)
   Register your copy of WillMaker Premium 2010 and download a free copy of 101 Law Forms for Personal Use. This eBook includes a comprehensive selection of legally enforceable forms that cover common daily transactions, including bills of sale for buying and selling personal property, promissory notes for lending and borrowing money, contracts for home repair and remodeling, and many more.
10. Your Little Legal Companion (book, paperback)
    Whether it's your first day on the job or your child's first day of school, Your Little Legal Companion is there with quick, practical, friendly, and even entertaining advice. Written by Nolo's expert legal editors, keep this book on your shelf or in your glove box!

*Estate-planning documents not valid in Louisiana.

Product Description

* Estate planning documents not valid in Louisiana. PLUS: Nolo understands that protection and planning reach beyond the scope of the estate plan, so Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 provides 10 additional estate planning, retirement, finance and family care resources to keep you and your loved ones covered: Make Your Own Living Trust (eBook) When you create a living trust your property bypasses lengthy probate proceedings and goes directly to the people you've designated. This eBook shows you how to create various living trusts, transfer assets to your trust, including real estate, name beneficiaries for all trust property, and much more. The Executor's Guide (eBook) A Nolo bestseller, The Executor's Guide provides the legal and practical information you need at a difficult time so you can get organized and get the job done. Find out how to make sense of a will, claim life insurance, Social Security & other benefits, deal with family members and work with professionals. Plan Your Estate (eBook) Plan Your Estate untangles the complexities of estate planning, covering everything from basic wills to sophisticated tax strategies. It explains wills, how to leave property to children, and much more. IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans (eBook) Easy Ways to Lower Your Taxes (eBook) Estate Planning for Blended Families (eBook) Long-Term Care (eBook) Nolo's Crash Course in Estate Planning Basics (audio) 101 Law Forms for Personal Use (eBook) Your Little Legal Companion (book, paperback) System Requirements: * Processor: Pentium 400 MHz * Operating System: Windows XP / Vista * Memory: 512 MB RAM * Hard Disk Space: 22 MB (29 MB to install) * Drive: CD-ROM, 2X speed * Miscellaneous: 56 Kbps modem required to access online features; Any printer supported by Windows XP / Vista; Microsoft Explorer 6.0 or higher; Adobe Reader (optional)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 2010 Version No Longer Supported, January 12, 2011

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Geo (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I bought this software in 2010 and installed it on my computer in January 2011. I tried to register on-line, but I was instead presented with the following message:

"Product support (including Web Update) for Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 ended on December 31, 2010. Please note that legal documents created and signed before December 31, 2010 should remain legally valid and enforceable if you have used Web Update regularly. You will need to upgrade your software only if you want to create new documents or update existing documents. For upgrade information, go to Nolo.com."

Since I cannot register the product, I cannot get the benefits of registration without paying another $30+ for an upgrade. Nor can I get any 2010 updates that were issued after my CDs were burned -- for all I know, my discs may have been burned a year or more ago.

I would think that Quicken would at least make the 2010 updates available for a reasonable period of time into 2011, especially if they allow the 2010 product to be sold into 2011.

If you are considering this software, check the year... 2010 apparently means just that (unlike, say, Windows 2000 or Office 2003 -- which have enjoyed years of support). If you buy 2011, be sure to mark your calendar to get any last-minute updates in December.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very easy to use! Premium came with 200 page book and 6 cd's !!, March 6, 2010

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Mike_in_Pennsylvania "Mike" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Great product! Very turbo-taxy, wizard like. Super quick. I was able to do my will, power of attorney, living will in no time at all.

The premium flavor is totally worth the few extra bucks.

Sadly, just 1 week before, I purchased the Estates book from Nolo at B&N retail for $40. The e-book came free in this package. Darn!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Check with a lawyer, October 8, 2010

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az am "az" (Rochester, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Program works good for the initial Will and other documents, does not load current state statues. We took it to a local lawyer he said it was a good start, but not "upholdable" in MN as it was. The bank said the same thing. It did save some money at the lawyer by having the basics done already. I would recomend this to others, but I would also make sure they have it checked by a lawyer.