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by: NEWMAN
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Nolo
EAN: 0093371377710
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Nolo Press
Manufacturer: Nolo Press
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: Nolo Press
Release Date: September 24, 2001
Sales Rank: 3819
Studio: Nolo Press
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
While nobody really likes to think about things like wills, power of attorney, and legal guardians, it's important to make sure you've provided for your family and taken care of your estate. Whether you need to create a will, a living trust, or a child-care agreement, Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe helps you compose and organize the necessary legal documents.
The program is easy to navigate, and helpful explanations are available at each and every point along the way. Although Quicken often errs on the side of too much explanation, keep in mind that this program outputs documents usually written by lawyers who trained for three years to understand this subject.
The kinds of documents that Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal can create are too numerous to list, but a sample of the core offerings include: will, living trust, health-care directive, durable power of attorney for finances, final arrangements, child-care agreement, elder-care agreement, general notice of death, and much more.
To answer the concern that a software program couldn't possibly provide the kind of know-how that an attorney could give, Quicken also provides a legal manual in book form and within the software itself. Quicken has teamed up with Nolo to make this subject matter understandable and accessible to the public at large.
While in no way is making a living trust a simple matter, Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal offers a realistic way to prepare legal documents without expensive lawyers or long hours of consternation. --Kendra Hayden
Amazon.com Product Description:
Help protect your family, your assets, and yourself, and save on legal fees. Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal combines the latest versions of both WillMaker and Living Trust Maker with other legal tools you can use every day, all in one package. Simply launch Quicken Lawyer to create your own: - Will
- Living trust
- Powers of attorney
- Living will
- Authorizations and agreements
- Child- and elder-care forms
- Documents for your executor
For each document, Quicken Lawyer 2002 takes you through a step-by-step interview. Your documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state. If you have any questions, simply check out the comprehensive legal manual, online or in print. Expert tech support is also available.
Create a will with Quicken Lawyer 2002 and make sure you've provided for family, friends, and charities. Name a personal guardian to care for your minor children and select a trusted person to manage property left to young people. Also, create your living will. Outline medical procedures you want provided, specify whether or not you want your life prolonged through artificial means, and appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out. Grant as much authority as you wish with forms for power of attorney. Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated, and appoint an alternate in case that person cannot serve. Plus, get a number of other legal documents for everyday use, such as child-, elder-, and pet-care agreements, membership or subscription cancellation notices, and many more.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - hassle free will
My wife and I did our wills. Nothing fancy, no complicated scenarios. For us it was a snap. Of course neither of us have died. Until then who knows. Worth it in order to avoid paying a lawyer a bundle. I can reccommend it for simple estates.
Rating:  - Very disappointed
I was rather disappointed with this purchase and my purchase of the Business version. I would have preferred to have more document templates. I have used the Quicken Lawyer 2003 Business version and they're getting warmer. Perhaps the 2004 version will be great?
Rating:  - Definitely a DOWNGRADE
I agree with a previous reviewer who said:
"Nothing personal against Nolo, but the new version has nowhere near the capabilities of the previous one...For those of you who are used to the old version and looking for an upgrade, do yourself a favor and go the Broderbund website. There you'll find the latest version of what used to be Quicken Family Lawyer. Buying the new Quicken Lawyer 2002 is nothing short of a DOWNGRADE."
Plus the screens are not at all user-friendly. I'd ... Read More
Rating:  - The greatest software I've ever used
I saw several people bashing this wonderful software (all within a short amount of time, I note), many of which promote a terrible software package called "Family Lawyer," which makes me think Quicken's competitors are doing a bit of negative marketing.
Well let me tell you, I've used both, and Quicken Lawyer far and away exceeded Family Lawyer. First of all, it catches your mistakes, so you won't accidentally make a will out to yourself (like I almost did). Also, I don't no how many ... Read More
Rating:  - Quicken should've warned us !
Sometime between the releases of Quicken Family Lawyer 2001 Deluxe and Quicken Lawyer 2002 Personal Deluxe, Quicken switched from software offered by Parsons to this new version offered by Nolo (I hear this is because Broderbund purchased Parsons).
Nothing personal against Nolo, but the new version has nowhere near the capabilities of the previous one. For one thing, the number of legal documents has dropped from well over 150 to 31. For those of you who are used to the old version and looking ... Read More
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