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Preparing
for Death
Death is right up there with taxes in popularity, but if you don’t make decisions about your property, healthcare and final arrangements, the state, your doctors and your family will have to make them for you. User friendly books and software can help you discuss your wishes intelligently with an attorney or craft your own documents to make your worldly departure easier for those you leave behind.
This software is rated the most easy-to-use program and refined legal software by Kiplinger Magazine, Worth and Fortune. It will help you customize your will, provide for family, friends, and charities, name someone to care for your children, and make sure your wishes are carried out. You can specify your final arrangements. You’ll be making your wishes clear about funerals, cremation or burial. WillMaker 8 allows you to create a financial power of attorney to name someone you trust to take care of your finances if you can’t. The program also allows you to complete your living will to specify the types of medical care you want provided or withheld if you can’t speak for yourself. You can appoint someone to make sure your wishes are followed. Nolo’s
Will Book The recently updated third edition of Nolo’s Will Book contains an up-to-date discussion of estate planning basics with information on living trusts, death taxes, and an expanded chapter on the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act. With clear, helpful examples, Clifford explains what probate is and why you should avoid it, as well as how to name alternate beneficiaries and an executor to your will. Nolo’s Will Book also contains tear-out, fill-in-the blank forms and instructions
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