Quicken Willmaker Plus 2010 [Old Version]

by Nolo

Product Features

• $1 coupon to create a living trust when you register your software.
• Create the following documents in minutes - Wills ,Health Care Directive - Living Will, Health Care Power of Attorney, Financial Powers of Attorney & Final Arrangements Document
• Health Care Directive - Living Will, Health Care Power of Attorney
• Financial Powers of Attorney
• Final Arrangements Document

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002JB1TTY
• Item model number: WQP10R
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 23, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,194 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #11 in Software > Business & Office > Legal

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Write your will with America's No. 1 estate planning software!

Help protect your family and your assets, and save on legal fees! Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 provides the legal forms you need to create an effective estate plan. So comprehensive, the software assembles your forms from among 40,000 document possibilities -- but so easy to use, you'll have them finished in minutes.

 

PLUS! When you register your software, you'll receive a coupon to create a living trust for only $1. And, as a special bonus, download a free copy of our bestseller, Estate Planning Basics.

Simply launch Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 and create the following documents in minutes:

• Will
• Health Care Directive:

• Living Will
• Health Care Power of Attorney~

• Financial Powers of Attorney
• Final arrangements document
• Important documents for executors

The software also provides forms you can use every day, such as authorizations and agreements, promissory notes, and child and elder care forms.

For each document, Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 takes you through a step-by-step interview. If you have any questions, simply check out the comprehensive onscreen legal manual. Expert tech support is also available. And, your completed documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state*.

Need to know more? Here are in-depth details about what you can do with Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010:

 

Your Will

Provide for family, friends and charities. Name a personal guardian to care for young children. Specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate. Select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. 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 can't. 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.

 

Living Will

Specify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means. Appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.

 

Your Financial Power of Attorney

Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated. Don't worry, you can grant as much authority as you wish.

 

Your Final Arrangements

Plan a funeral or other ceremony. Clarify whether you want a cremation or burial. Select someone to oversee your final arrangements -- and more!

 

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.

 

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 2010 can handle all these family situations -- and many more!

*Estate planning documents not valid in Louisiana.

Product Description

Write your will with America's No. 1 estate planning software!Product InformationHelp protect your family and your assets and save on legal fees! Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010 provides the legal forms you need to create an effective estate plan. So comprehensive the software assembles your forms from among 40000 document possibilities -- but so easy to use you'll have them finished in minutes.  The software also provides forms you can use every day such as authorizations and agreements promissory notes and child and elder care forms.  For each document Quicken WillMaker Plus takes you through a step-by-step interview. If you have any questions simply check out the comprehensive onscreen legal manual. Expert tech support is also available. And your completed documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state (Estate planning documents not valid in Louisiana).WillHealth Care Directive: Living WillHealth Care Power of AttorneyFinancial Powers of AttorneyFinal Arrangements DocumentImportant documents for executorsProduct FeaturesYour Will - Provide for family friends and charities. Name a personal guardian to care for young children. Specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate. Select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. 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 can't. Create a:Health Care Power of AttorneyPermit a loved one to make important medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself.Living WillSpecify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means. Appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.Your Financial Power of Attorney - Name someone to make your financial decisions in case you are medically incapacitated. Don't worry you can grant as much authority as you wish.Your Final Arran

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

267 of 278 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute scam!, September 29, 2009

By 

KM (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews

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

I purchased Quicken Willmaker 2010 only because I read in several sources that Willmaker includes features for creating Living Trust and AB Trust. I decided to pay more money to get the latest version (2010). Imagine my disappointment when I found that in version 2010 Intuit removed all features for creating Living Trusts! Not they decided to charge more than hundred bucks online for a simple trust document. Finally I bought the older Quicken Willmaker 2009 and yep, now I can create trust documents.
Intuit already has bad reputation for forcing people to upgrade, removing some features, making new products more complex because of continually rewriting their product to justify selling new upgrades every year. But this dirty move with Quicken Willmaker was the last straw. I fail to understand why would anyone introduce a newer version of a commercial product only to provide less value and to sell online services for 3x more money!

148 of 154 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ripoff, no doubt about it, October 11, 2009

By 

John E. Davies (Spokane WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quicken Willmaker Plus 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I ordered my copy before reading the other reviews here, assuming that the content was at least as good as the 2009 edition. I plan to update our wills and also make a shared living trust - I can't do the trust with this crippled version.

Do NOT buy WillMaker Plus 2010 if you have plan to make a trust. What a disappointment!!!!. I emailed Nolo and told them I was ready to abandon Quicken, I feel so badly about their deceptive marketing.

EDIT: I received an email from Nolo - "The package was just getting too big and unmanageable and we chose to focus on the most popular item. The combined package had to include a lot of information about trusts, which are more complicated than wills, and it's more than most people want. Plus, it wasn't obvious from the product name (Willmaker Plus) that the package even contained a living trust. So, people looking for a trust might not have known Willmaker included one, and people just looking for a will got more than they wanted. It's not that people don't need living trusts. But it's certainly true that many more people want a will than want a living trust. With two separate packages, our messaging can be clearer and simpler. Our internal updating process can also be simpler."

This sounds like an excuse to provide less for more, not a sound business model! Most reviews of previous versions (and some of the current version!!!) indicate that Willmaker covers trusts, so anyone searching for this product would naturally assume they are still there in 2010.

I obtained Willmaker 2009 to get the trusts.... I still have the 2010 version installed, so I will do my wills with that version.

John Davies
Spokane WA

123 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Trusts deleted from the 2010 version. They've got to be kidding!, October 3, 2009

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Steve D (Overland Park, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

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

I wish I had read the earlier review before purchasing this product.

I assumed the 2010 version would have AT LEAST the same features as the 2009 version. The complete removal of trusts is a deal-breaker for me.

I am VERY disappointed with this product.