Quicken WillMaker Premium

Quicken WillMaker
Quicken WillMaker Premium 2010
by Nolo Press
Platform:   Windows Vista / XP
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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.



* 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)