Legal will software can prove very useful for a number of reasons. The first and most obvious is the cost saving aspect by saving on legal fees.
The cost of having a legal professional prepare your will can be prohibitive but I would recommend that you investigate this option first. If you are happy to proceed to use legal will software to draft a will for you or a loved one then the following products might provide a solution.

Download Legal Will Software

You can download legal will software from the internet but you  need to be careful to ensure, whatever legal will software you might consider using, that you do run your will past an attorney or lawyer as the consequences of messing up your will and failing to provide properly for your property and beneficiaries can lead to an expensive mess for those you leave behind.

Wills And Other Legal Software

Using wills and other legal software needs a considerable degree of caution exercised; notwithstanding the fact that you can download legal software off the internet there are significant dangers attached and any subsequent legal documents that you draft may not stand up to scrutiny if legal proceedings are instituted. If you do use legal will software for any significant matter you would be strongly advised to have your attorney look it over, even for a fee because it will prove cheaper in the long run.

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2010

Quicken Willmaker will cost you $41.99 on CD or you can download it from the internet for $37.99. It will provide the legal forms that you need to draft your last will and testament.

It will allow you to create a will, a health care power of attorney, documents for executors, a health care directive including a living will and health care power of attorney. It will produce many legal forms and documents for you including your documents relating to personal finances, your funeral arrangements, your financial power of attorney, your will and your health care directive which includes a health care power of attorney and a living will.

Standard Legal Last Will And Testament Software

The last will and testament software from Standard Legal features the ability to produce your will which can be adapted for every state in the U.S.
This software only costs $14.95 and provides for different situations depending on your family situation. Accordingly it will provide documents for married people, for unmarried people, wills for people with children and wills for people with no children.
It also includes the ability to draft a will directing sale of assets and payment of proceeds to beneficiaries and it also includes a Notice of Final Disposition document.

The Standard Legal software includes a witness verification provision and the software is self authenticating which means that you will not need the services of a notary in states where it is not required by law.

The Standard Legal wills created by this software are valid in all states of the USA and you can download the software instantly and get lifetime updates with any changes and a 100% money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.

These are a couple of the leading providers of legal will software. We would emphasize again the need to consult a legal professional before embarking on a do it yourself will.

Free Legal Will Forms

Free legal will forms can be a good starting point to help you to think about what provisions you wish to make in your will; I would emphasize that any free legal will forms you use to draft your will should be carefully considered and again I would strongly suggest that you have your lawyer check it over.

I have set out a basic free legal will form below which can be a good starting point in your consideration of how to have a legally binding will drafted and finalized.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

of

____________________________________

(Full Names and Surname)

____________________________________

(Identification / Social Security Number(s)

____________________________________

____________________________________

(Address)

1. Declaration

I hereby declare that this is my last will and testament and that I hereby revoke, cancel and annul all wills and codicils previously made by me either jointly or severally. I declare that I am of legal age to make this will and of sound mind and that this last will and testament expresses my wishes without undue influence or duress.

2. Family Details

I am married to _____________________________ hereinafter referred to as my spouse.

I have the following children:

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

Name: ______________________ Date of Birth _________

3. Appointment of Executors

3.1.    I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint _________________________ as Executor or if this Executor is unable or unwilling to serve then I appoint _______________________ as alternate Executor.

3.2.    I hereby give and grant the Executor all powers and authority as are required or allowed in law, and especially that of assumption.

3.3.    I hereby direct that my Executors shall not be required to furnish security and shall serve without any bond.

3.4.    Pending the distribution of my estate my Executors shall have authority to carry on any business, venture or partnership in which I may have any interest at the time of my death.

3.5.    My Executors shall have full and absolute power in his/her discretion to sell all or any assets of my estate, whether by public auction or private sale and shall be entitled to let any property in my estate on such terms and conditions as may be acceptable to my beneficiaries.

3.6.    My Executors shall have authority to borrow money for any purpose connected with the liquidation and administration of my estate and to that end may encumber any of the assets of my estate.

4. Guardian

4.1.    Failing the survival of my spouse as natural guardian I appoint _____________________ or failing him / her I appoint ______________________ to be the legal Guardian of my minor children named:

__________________________

__________________________

__________________________

until such time as they attain the age of _____________ years.

4.2.    I direct that my nominated Guardian shall not be required to furnish security for acting in that capacity.

5. Beneficiary

I bequeath the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature to my spouse ________________________.

6. Alternate Beneficiaries

6.1.    Should my spouse not survive me by thirty (30) days I direct that the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature be divided amongst my children named in 2. above in equal shares.

6.2.    Should my said spouse and I and my children all die simultaneously or within thirty (30) days of each other as a result of the same accident or calamity, then and in that event, I direct that the whole of my estate, property and effects, whether movable or immovable, wheresoever situated and of whatsoever nature shall devolve as follows:

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

7. Special Requests

I direct that on my death my remains shall be cremated and all cremation expenses shall be paid out of my estate.

OR

I direct that on my death my remains shall be buried at _______________________ and all funeral expenses shall be paid out of my estate.

8. General

8.1.    Words signifying one gender shall include the others and words signifying the singular shall include the plural and vice versa where appropriate.

8.2.    Should any provision of this will be judged by an appropriate court of law as invalid it shall not affect any of the remaining provisions whatsoever.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereby set my hand on this _________________ day of _________________20_____ at _______________________________________ in the presence of the undersigned witnesses.

SIGNED: _______________________________

WITNESSES

As witnesses we declare that we are of sound mind and of legal age to witness a will and that to the best of our knowledge ____________________ is of legal age to make a will, appears to be of sound mind and signed this will willingly and free of undue influence or duress. We declare that he / she signed this will in our presence as we signed as witnesses in the presence of each other, all being present at the same time. Under penalty of perjury we declare these statements to be true and correct on this ________________ day of _________________ 20 __ at ________________________________.

Witness 1.

Name: ______________________

Address: ________________________________________

Signature: ________________________

Witness 2.

Name:______________________

Address: ________________________________________

Signature: ________________________