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From: jamesd@percival.UUCP (James Deibele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal
Subject: "WillMaker" software
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Date: 25 Jun 89 04:00:20 GMT
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In article <7705@cbnews.ATT.COM> pmd@cbnews.ATT.COM (Paul Dubuc) writes:
>I wonder if anyone has any experience with software for making and maintaining
>a will.  In particular, I've heard about one called WillMaker, by Nolo Press.
>Does anyone have any experience with this or any other package, or any thoughts
>on making up your own will vs. using a lawyer?  Thanks.
>-- 

I've just finished reading an article on will-making programs (I believe it was
in Shareware, a magazine that PC-SIG publishes on the shareware and public
domain disks they sell; may be available at your local tech booktore or a
Software Etc. (national chain) store if you have a big mall nearby) and their
report said that WillMaker was legal only in California.  

Most states allow a "holographic" (you write the whole sucker out in long-hand)
will, but some do not, and it's always best to get a lawyer's advice.  I don't
like lawyers any more than the next person, but if the will is declared 
invalid, it goes to probate, which means the courts decide who gets what.  Not
fun for a family to go through ...


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