4.1 out of 5
82 Global Ratings
Yes love the product have used in the past . Very versatile and informative. Yes love the product have used in the past . Very versatile and informative.
Very disappointed I cancelled it faster then I purchased it. Not worth the money.
I have Broderbund Family Lawyer from 2002 and has even how to write to all types of legal documents even how to do a lease.
For a couple dollars you can buy the forms and just fill them in.
I have always trusted NOLO to provide the most current and accurate legal software on the market. I am not disappointed once again. Thank you for staying abreast of the current issues and changes and for providing the...
The application will definitely help our finances and will & trust matters.
I have always trusted NOLO to provide the most current and accurate legal software on the market. I am not disappointed once again. Thank you for staying abreast of the current issues and changes and for providing the best resources and software. Peace of mind s everything these days.
Updated a very old will with this edition. It was easy to follow the steps by step instructions.
The trust maker does not allow me to make the trust I need.
Appears perfectly adequate but since neither my wife nor I have died yet we can't say how the results will hold up in court. One of us will be sure to post an updated review from beyond the grave.
Just what I wanted; comprehensive will, POA, and more. Plus very easy to use, ie entered demographic info once and it carried over to all other relevant documents, plus easy Q&A walkthru to complete necessary items.
The only thing I would have liked was the ability to manually change a few things -- the final doc is produced as a PDF and not editable.
This product is great and I highly recommend it. Thanks, NOLO!
Excellent....
So easy to navigate
Fit my needs perfectly.
Easy to use and covers it all.
This doesn't have enough variability for writing a valid will. This is very, very basic
This product is very helpful and informative for creating wills and trusts. Thank you.
Very easy to use. Exactly wanted it needed
This product was purchased to update the estate of my parents who had not updated their will in over 20 years (that too, using WillMaker). WillMaker Plus came with 1 year free access to the Revocable Living Trust software which is what I was primarily interested in. Between WillMaker Plus and the Trust software, my parents now have a organized estate which includes the trust, pour-over wills, healthcare power of attorney, and financial power of attorney documents in a California-legal format. Getting the product on sale in August was a perk as well. The software is simple and straightforward, just as the Nolo software has always been. In some ways it is a bit too simple, since you can't make minor modifications, but these are legal document templates that are meant for low stress.
thrilled you are making this product for Macs
I gave it a five-star review but reserve the right to change my opinion. I only use linux so having no Windows or Mac computer I haven't even downloaded my copy yet. I bought it as a family project and am waiting to return home for a visit where I can use it with someone who has a mac.
Product is good and fast I personally think in some of the questions the verbiage need to be put in to simpler language. We are not all Lawyers
It seems to work well, I have had no problems, yet , at least.
Just doing a simple will for myself and my wife. Alot cheaper than going to a lawyer.
I only have 1 complaint, there is no Save icon on the taskbar, I just am used to having one.
Excellent software design
Very helpful
Willmaker 2018 is a product that everyone should have. Do you realize how many people don't have a will done. This software will get the job done for you. It's easy, fast and simple to use.
Nice product. Easy to use.
PRO: Leads the user into completing documents relevant to their situation. Makes the user think and encourages further planning.
CON: If doing a spouse document set, the user ends up with quite a few unnecessarily duplicate pages; instructions and information.
Excellent Product
WillMaker is incredibly easy to use and was just what we needed to update our Wills before leaving the country. My only criticism is that it asks for bequests in fractions which makes it difficult to calculate. Don't know why you can't enter amounts as percent which makes a lot more sense.
This is a very thorough program for making wills and many other legal documents. It is very easy to use and does a remarkable job of covering every detail necessary for each document.
We really liked how easy this product was to use. We had looked in to hiring an attorney but realized all the questions we wanted answered were in this software and at a remarkable price. We would highly recommend it.
Simple to use and thorough. Breezed right through wills for both my wife and I in no time.
Good Easy to Use Product
Easy to use and helps you with the things in life you don't want to think about.
Good product. Have used previous versions. This product removes all the legal jargon, For simple estate documents this product is great.
Provided me much needed legal forms for an ailing mother. There have been no issues when providing these documents to various entities.
Very easy to use and a great way to prepare your final documents without paying the expensive fees that a lawyer charges.
I have found this to be very useful in deciding what to do with the various documents involved, Getting answers to various questions is easy and found to be useful. This is a useful product and the layout of the various features is very logical.
This program, which runs on Mac and PC, really helped my wife and I take care of some difficult but very important business. It is very easy to use and has resources to guide the user along the way. For example, the advanced directive form was much easier and more complete in Nolo, than the decent form our local hospital provided. I highly recommend this product.
Found very easy to use to make will and supporting documents with clear instructions on how to complete each one to be valid in my state.
A very good program to ensure your will and other important documents are in order.
Question and answer startup process has made the building of any document very simple and straight forward.
Seems to leave out important details ... such as spendthrift clause ... statements pertaining to jurisdiction ...
Great program. The end result is a quality will in which I can have confidence. It’s likely this is not good for complex wills and estates, but it probably fits the needs of 80-90% of Americans.
Worked fine for me, very intuitive, I highly recommend!
Detailed to the nth degree. Thought of everything I wanted! WOW!
Nice product; however, I would like to print each page as I fill it in--I cannot do that. I would like a complete print out on my will of everything that I type into it not generalize so there is no doubt of my intent. Otherwise I would give it 5 stars
Easily installed and utilized.
Still in process of using the product. need a couple of weeks to properly evaluate.
Bought the Will Maker/Trust mainly to create an amendment for a trust that I already have drafted and recorded by a private lawyer 20 years ago. Sadly this kit has no provisions for creating a document to do this. You can however change the provisions in a trust that one created with this Will Maker kit. I guess it does what it says in that you can create a trust and you can change what you originally documented but that's it for the trust section. No amendment printable document that is needed to attach to the original trust developed by someone else. My misinterpretation of the outline of what the kit would do. It is easy to use so I give it 3 stars.
Very eye opening, wish I had the information long ago. A must have for your security!
I got quicken willmaker many years ago when I purchased quicken.
Quicken no longer has any of the free downloads that they gave away with their products.
Nolo has no record of my downloads so I had to but that that was free with a purchase.
Could not copy willmaker from one computer to another.
Great program bad experience getting that that was free.
great
I found this product to be very easy to use with clear explanations of all aspects.
THis program is overly simplistic and has no flexibility to add clauses and alternate ways to leave assets. It does not allow "per stirpes" which allows to flow assets by the "bloodline." It forces all beneficiaries to be named and no general clauses like all future children. THis forces updates or leaving future heirs out of the will. It does not allow the addition of specific state verbiage which allows the will to be self validating. After using this software I have now gone to a lawyer to update the will I made while in the military. I still need to look at the Power of Attorney and Living Trust.
The product is excellent!!! It has saved me a lot of money. My needs are very, very simple and this product is what I have been searching for. On the other hand, the so-called "Technical Support" is non-existent. I am not tech savvy and had to figure things out on my own.
It's easy to use. I liked the questions based approach similar to Turbo Tax. No problems accessing or printing the documents.
nice program, better than 2015.
Vet easy to use and very comprehensive!
I like the program but I wish the option to download or receive the cd was a choice made before the request for payment. I was expecting to get the cd only to find out after the payment that it was a download.
Just what I was looking for.
So easy to use! So helpful!
So far, I have only done the Will, and not the Trust, but I found it exceedingly easy to use and understand.
I like the product. A Lot of helpful information to assist you in Will and other documents you may need and a quiz to help narrow down which ones would benefit you and your family. Also the documents are easy to download and print.
Not recommended for a blended family with adult children. And I also don’t like that you can’t choose your own trust name. I worked in the legal field for many years and some of the words that should feel capitalized aren’t. The word “Co-Trustees” are not used in the document when needed. Not a fan.
Excellent value for the money. Contains everything you might need. I upgraded from 2015 because I'm really like this product.
This is very, very basic, so basic that it was, at least for me, not at all useful. On the other hand, I was impressed with Nolo's customer service: I immediately asked for a refund and they immediately responded by crediting my account. While this particular product did not work for me, I would use Nolo again.
Easy to use and allowed me to do everything I needed to do. There is one bug in the software. After entering percentages for distributing assets, the software changed them and moved the numbers to others. It happened twice, so I know it wasn’t me. I wanted to report the problem but could not locate where to do so.
The application will definitely help our finances and will & trust matters.
So far, so good. Got a will done in less than 30 minutes. Very easy to use. Plan to delve deeper into the other features. Good price and very thorough.
This program did not handle per stripes beneficiaries. For me, the will does not include unborn grandchildren. Consequently, Nolo would suggest I write a new will after the birth of each new grandchild. Nolo Customer Service could not explain why Nolo does this.
I really appreciate the methodology behind this product. WillMaker does not present forms to fill out, but rather asks questions that lead to a document. We spent significant time planning and had our information in hand, which really helps. Make certain to use the help files if some question isn't understood.
WillMaker did for my estate planning what TurboTax has done for my taxes.... It allowed me to replace the expensive services of a professional with my own time by answering interview style questions to create exactly what I need. Highly recommended for anyone with simple estate planning to do. (We do not have children, did not set up a Living Trust, and do not have any real complexities in our situation. Your mileage may vary.)
I highly recommend WillMaker to complete your will as it asks you all the right questions. Also, it has excellent reference documents to help you make the right decisions.
Updated an earlier version. Same friendly interface and helps. Great product.
I have fretted about spending the money with an attorney to make out my will for the last 2 years. Nolo's WillMaker is incredible. Easy to use, understand it guides you right through and puts together a complete final product. Would highly recommend - incredible!
I think this is a great product. It might have been a little difficult for me to navigate, but that's just me, once you figured it out things were fine Thanks
Thorough software however flexibility to move between various individuals is challenging. Each person's file should be available by going to File then Open. That is not the case. Need simpler interface for listing of personal possessions. Software needs an interface to get some help with pricing of valuables.
Recommended to us by a lawyer who we contacted for Estate Planning. She advised us our paperwork was easy enough we could do it ourselves and directed us to NOLO. Super impressed with her for doing that and very happy with the guidance--this software was completely user friendly, walking you through, step by step. I thought it would take a while to complete but we finished all our documents in a couple hours. Very happy with the purchase!
Great so far!
My 5-star rating should say enough for your records.
The 2020 version is the third iteration we've used to prepare our wills and/or other end-of-life documents. It's well organized and intuitive to use, although you have to dedicate plenty of time to complete all available documents. Starting and saving drafts along the way makes it less overwhelming. And the price is so much less than hiring an attorney, for those of us who have relatively straightforward situations.
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