Online Wills
 

Has anyone done their wills online? Ours our quite simple so we're thinking that it would be ok to do it online. Any thoughts on this? Any website to recommend?

You can do a simple will online at legalzoom.com for $89.

Or, if you want it done by a lawyer, Amy Pittman will do it for about $300.

The problem is you do not know what you do not know? Is your administrator going to be your long time friend that does not live in Fl? If yes the friend will not qualify in Fl.

We used Quicken and had it notarized. It seems a pretty simple process as long as your will is not complex. Ours was about as simple as one could be.

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Online wills are usually valid. But...matters such as Advance Directives, possible DNR's, how one may write a letter distributing various personal items among relatives and friends, alternative executor selection should a surviving spouse be unable to perform the necessary duties and the like should be considered. An attorney can provide a checklist and maybe give a little advice as to things one may not otherwise consider. I have learned not to be penny-wise and pound foolish.

We were told, by the attorney, who drew our will, that, in Florida, if a will need to be probated, it can take up to three years. (That is an awkward sentence, hope it makes sense.)

This is a serious decision, and not one left to amateurs. Fork out the $250 for a lawyer and make sure your desires are not contested after you pass away.

Spend the money and do a trust. If your will goes to probate in FL and you have heirs it could take three years for them to see anything. A trust is the way to go. We just did ours.

I retrieved a templet on line and customized it to fit my needs, had it notarized total cost $20. Their are Lawyers around here that will do it for $100.

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where did you get it Notarized? had trouble finding someone who would notarize mine?

Your bank has a notary.

I would try the Fidelity Investments office at Lake Sumter. But, I don't know if you need to be a customer.

To answer your question. Yes, we did ours, my uncle and my parents on line. No problems when they died. Just get it notarized. Trust would be better than a will for just a little more on legal zoom.

they wouldn't do it because it wasn't done by an attorney, same as UPS, and others.