Xref: utzoo misc.legal:9404 comp.sys.ibm.pc:30573 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!husc6!bu-cs!bucsb!ckd From: ckd@bucsb.UUCP (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: "WillMaker" software Message-ID: <2708@bucsb.UUCP> Date: 25 Jun 89 23:54:43 GMT References: <7705@cbnews.ATT.COM> <1521@percival.UUCP> Reply-To: ckd@bucsb.bu.edu (Christopher K Davis) Followup-To: misc.legal Organization: Boston University School of Management Lines: 28 In article <1521@percival.UUCP> jamesd@percival.UUCP (James Deibele) writes: - 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. Funny, but I've seen it in Massachusetts and Washington--and reviews of the Mac version (presumably legally the same) say it's legal everywhere but in Louisiana (which, due to their different legal tradition, I don't find very surprising). Could you please check your references? - -- - James Deibele UUCP: jamesd@percival FidoNet #1:105/4.1 Disclaimer: I don't work for them, I don't even own the program. -- /\ | / |\ @bu-pub.bu.edu | Christopher K. Davis, Boston U. / |/ | \ %bu-pub.bu.edu@bu-it.bu.edu | [but not speaking for them] \ |\ | / | BITNET: smghy6c@buacca \/ | \ |/ @bucsb.UUCP or ...!bu-cs!bucsb!ckd if you gotta.