What's New in
Quicken WillMaker & Trust
Nolo's attorneys and programmers continually add legal updates, technical improvements, and new features to WillMaker to ensure that it stays up to date and gets better over time.
Here is an overview of what’s new.
Transfer on Death Deed: Maryland
WillMaker now provides a transfer on death deed for Maryland. WillMaker will continue to add transfer on death deeds as states pass legislation allowing them.
Final Arrangements: New Option for Body Disposition
The interview for WillMaker’s Final Arrangements document now offers a third choice for body disposition (what would like to happen to a body after death). In addition to the traditional options of burial or cremation, users can now select “another form of care,” which allows them to describe alternate plans—for example, natural organic reduction or green burial.
Living Trust: New Option to Pay the Trustee
In response to customer requests, WillMaker’s Living Trust now includes the option to set up payment for your trustee.
Transfer on Death Deed: Delaware
WillMaker now provides a transfer on death deed for Delaware.
Living Trust: Second Alternates
Although a single set of alternates is sufficient for many trust makers, many people wanted the option to name an additional level of alternates. So we’ve added the ability to name a second set of alternates in the most common scenarios.
For example, in the shared trust, you’ve always been able to name your spouse as your primary beneficiary and your children as your alternate beneficiaries (in case your spouse dies before you do). Now, you can also name your grandchildren as second alternates (in case your spouse and any of your children die before you do).
Notary Acknowledgements
All WillMaker documents that require notarization will now print with a state-specific notary acknowledgment. Before this update, WillMaker printed notary certificates for some documents, but for others, WillMaker suggested getting one from the notary instead.
New eBook: Make Your Living Trust
We’ve added a new book to WillMaker’s free library: Make Your Living Trust, by the Editors of Nolo. This book is a fantastic addition to WillMaker — especially for those trying to figure out whether they should create a will, a living trust, or both.
As a reminder, when you buy WillMaker, you get several ebooks:
- Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child’s Financial Future, by Kevin Urbatsch and Jessica Farinas Jones. Learn how to provide for a loved one with special needs without jeopardizing government benefits. Includes all the forms and information you need to make a third-party special needs trust.
- Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It, by the Editors of Nolo. Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Long-Term Care helps you plan ahead and find the best care you can afford.
- Make Your Living Trust, by the Editors of Nolo. Whether you plan to make your own trust, work with a lawyer, or just do some preliminary research, Make Your Living Trust will give you the information you need to confidently take the next steps in your estate planning.
- Quicken WillMaker & Trust: The Legal Manual. Get detailed information about estate planning, designed to help you make documents with WillMaker.
2026 Updates, Improvements, and New Features
Here is a list of recent changes we’ve made to WillMaker.
Sept 2026 (26.6)
- Add MD Transfer on Death Deed
- Replace 2026 Legal Manual with 2027 Legal Manual
- Fix to GA Quitclaim
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
July 2026 (26.5)
- Updates to GA Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to UT Health Care Directive
- Updates to WA UTMA
- Updates to NC Health Care Directive
- Updates to FL Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to all Transfer on Death Deed notary blocks
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
March 2026 (26.4)
- Added option for non- burial/cremation in Final Arrangements
- Added option to pay trustee in the Living Trust
- Updates to all Quitclaim Deeds
- Updates to the IL Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to the WV Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to the UT Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to the UT Health Care Directive
- Updates to the Pet Care Agreement
- Improved support for international addresses
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
February 2026 (26.3)
- Updates to the HI Health Care Directive
- Updates to the SC Health Care Directive
- Updates to the FL notary blocks
- Updates to the AR Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to the sample documents
- Updates to the preparer’s statement of the Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
- Modification of all signature lines
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
December 2025 (26.2)
- Add DE Transfer on Death Deed
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
October 2025 (26.1)
- Updates to FL UTMA
- Updates to NE Health Care Directive
- Updates to TX Health Care POA
- Updates to FL Living Trust
- Updates to the OK Health Care Directive
- Updates to the SC, NV, and VA Quitclaim Deed
- Continued modification of notarization blocks on small forms
- Various bug fixes and technical updates
Sept 2025 (26.0)
- New feature: Second alternates for the living trust
- New feature: State-specific notary certificates
- New ebook: Make Your Living Trust
- Updates to small documents and contacts -- now gender neutral
- Added a document that lists all roles in the will
- Updates to Will Checklist
- Updates to Letter to Executor
- Updates to Letter to Successor Trustee
- Updates to DE Health Care Directive
- Many updates to the on-screen Helpful Information
- Many technical and user experience improvements
2025 Updates, Improvements, and New Features
May 2025 (25.4, 25.5)
- Updates to FL UTMA
- Updates to ID Health Care Directive
- Updates to NE Health Care Directive
- Updates to CA Health Care Directive
- Updates to Health Care Directive re pregnancy restrictions
- Updates to Health Care Directive footer
- Updates to Durable Power of Attorney for Finances signature blocks
- Updates to Durable Power of Attorney for Finances reporting requirements
- Updates to Durable Power of Attorney for Finances summary screen
- Updates to NY Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
- Updates to Will executor powers
- Updates to CA Will info about gifts to caregivers
- Updates to Living Trust Property Assignment
- Updates to Limited Power of Attorney witness requirements
- Updates to HI Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to Health Care Directive -- now gender neutral
- Many updates to the on-screen Helpful Information
- Many technical and UX improvements
Feb 2025 (25.3)
- Updates to Living Trust summary screens
- Updates to NE Health Care Directive
- Updates to OK Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to OK Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to IN Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to Limited Power of Attorney -- now gender neutral
Dec 2024 (25.2)
- New GA Transfer on Death Deed
- New NH Transfer on Death Deed
- New NY Transfer on Death Deed
- Updates to Letters to Survivors
- Updates to GA Quitclaim Deed
- Updates to Durable Power of Attorney intro screens