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"US Legal Wills has one of the most affordable will options we've seen, offers 40% off for partners or spouses, and also has an add-on service to get an attorney to review your estate plan. Plus, it's one of the only websites that accommodates affordable wills for expats and those who have assets outside the U.S."

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"Our bottom line is that this is a hugely popular online will service with a sufficient reputation and some great revision features."

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"U.S. Legal Wills is surprisingly robust given its low cost. You can prepare documents that address a variety of circumstances and can have your documents reviewed by a lawyer if you wish."

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"US Legal Wills harnesses the power of technology for ease and efficiency. Its platform is designed to be intuitive, eliminating the need for any legal expertise on the user’s part. Encryption ensures that sensitive personal information remains secure. Additionally, the platform is updated to reflect any changes in state laws, ensuring that the generated wills remain compliant."

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"Efficiently create a will."

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"The best way to think of this service is like a TurboTax for estate planning. The software behind U.S. Legal Wills is very similar to what estate lawyers use in their own offices when they draft a will for their clients."

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U.S. Legal Wills Review, April 15, 2023

"U.S. Legal Wills is one of the nation's leading online will-making services. The company offers fast document creation with easy updates and attorney services. Subscription is not required."

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Benzinga, January 4, 2022

"U.S. Legal Wills have niched down and specialized as an online will maker since 2000. The firm operates in all 50 states and has very high customer ratings online. U.S. Legal Wills is the best performing low-cost firm, as they have great pricing options and a great product."

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"Doing your own will can be a little daunting, which is why we liked the US Legal Wills easy-to-navigate interface. The process even includes some options that many of the company's peers do not offer, giving this site more value for money."

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Paul Oswell, Top Ten Reviews, Best Will Software April 14, 2021

"USLegalWills.com is a more affordable option for young professionals or those with young children."

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Anja Webb, NY Metro Parents, December 27, 2018

"Fortunately, there is now a convenient and affordable approach... write your Will for a fraction of the cost of working with a lawyer."

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Pilar Hays

Pilar Hays, Esq.

As a licensed attorney I conducted a detailed review of the service at USLegalWills.com. This service is definitely worth the price and offers so much more than I expected. The service covers so much while still remaining straight-forward and easy to use!

The simplicity with which this site collects your information may lead you to believe that the final document might not be up to par. This was not my experience. The incorporation of your information into a legal document with the correct protections and specifications for those benefiting from your estate or involved in the carrying out of your will was precise and very much met the standards of a legally enforceable document.

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There is no requirement to use the services of a lawyer or notary public to prepare your own estate planning documents, including your Last Will and Testament.

The law that defines the legality of a Will is written specifically for each Province, State and Country, but in summary the law requires that the Will is written on a piece of paper and signed in the presence of two witnesses who cannot be beneficiaries to the Will.

Lawyers can certainly help you to prepare your Will, but everybody has a legal right to write their own Will. If you create a document using our service, it must be printed, signed and witnessed according to our instructions, and then it becomes a legal Last Will and Testament.
Quite simply, because we do not provide you with legal advice.

We are giving you direct access to the same software that lawyers use to prepare their documents, but you are doing it yourself. However, if you need custom clauses written to cover an unusual situation, we cannot do that, and we recommend that you seek legal advice. For example, if you have a child with special needs, they would need a trust written for their inheritance. We don't do that.

In most cases, a document written using our service will be word-for-word identical to one prepared by a lawyer.

For a more thorough explanation, please read our blog article: How much does a Will cost? And why?.

There are no other payments required to prepare your legal Will. You can have a legal Will in your hands for $49.95 USD with nothing else to pay, ever.

What other options are there?
If you wish, you can have your Will reviewed by one of our lawyers for $69.00 USD. Most people do not need this, and would not benefit from it, but if you have selected an option such as "None of the above. Let me describe in detail how to distribute my estate.", then you may want to consider this.

Your Will must first be printed, and then signed in the presence of two witnesses. If you do not have access to a printer, we can print it for you and mail it out. The cost for this is $9.95 USD, but again, most people do not need this option.

We also offer other services like MyLifeLocker™, a Financial Power of Attorney, and a Living Will. They are not required, but they may be useful to you depending on your situation.

What about document storage?
We do not store physical documents, but we allow you to maintain an account with us if you want to update your document in the future.

The Will service costs $49.95 USD. With this payment, you are able to prepare your Will. It also gives you one year of unlimited updates to the document. You are able to print the document as often as you wish during that first year. You can download it as a PDF or Word file, but to make your document a legal Will, it must first be printed, and then signed in the presence of two witnesses. The online version is there for your convenience only.

If you choose not to maintain an account with us after the first year, your initial payment is all you will ever pay. We do not keep credit card details on file and cannot automatically charge beyond this initial payment.

If you wish, you can choose to store your documents online for longer than a year, which will make it easier to make updates in the future to reflect any changes in your personal or financial situation (rather than returning to a lawyer each time). This is of course optional, but it does make the process of maintaining your document more convenient. $11.95 USD will give you one additional year of updates, or you can purchase multiple years: 5 years at $29.95 USD, 10 years at $39.95 USD, 25 years at $79.95 USD ($3.20 USD per year).

Every time you make an update to your Will, it must first be printed, and then signed in the presence of two witnesses again. If you choose not to maintain an account with us, you will always have your printed, signed document. If you don't need to make changes to that document, it will last you for the rest of your life, whether or not you have an account with us.

What happens if I don't maintain an account, and then in a few years I need to update it?
If your account has not been touched in years, and it is inactive, we reserve the right to remove the account. You will receive an email notification that your account might be removed. However, in practice, we have never actually removed any accounts in our over 24 years of operation.

So, in all likelihood, you will be able to simply login to your account and pay $11.95 USD to reactivate it. This will give you one year of unlimited updates from the date of payment. (You will not have to pay for your inactive years.)

Yes.  A Power of Attorney (also known as a Power of Attorney for Finances) and Living Will (also known as a Power of Attorney for Health Care), are very important documents that should be created and updated at the same time as your Will.

This website allows you to create a Will, Expatriate Will, Power of Attorney and Living Will.
Here are just a few differences:

  • We have designed our legal document creation services to be of the best quality available today.   We have evaluated many existing do-it-yourself kits and web-based services, including several of the most popular American legal will kits. We were shocked by the poor quality, limited instructions, and low value for money that many of these do-it-yourself kits provide consumers. 

  • Incredible value for money.   Our membership pricing model allows us to provide you with the most value for your money at prices that are unprecedented in the legal industry. We worked with lawyers to bring you this service, and we paid for their legal services so you don't have to. 

  • Plain language help and instructions.  In addition, all of our services provide you with complete instructions and answer your questions in everyday language, free of legal industry jargon.  We have developed our services based on the requirements of the public, not dictated by the legal profession.  Our wizards, help and information are also designed to be the best on the market and are kept up-to-date on an ongoing basis.  

  • Create your Will from the comfort of your own home.  No lawyer required.  Our unique approach allows you to make use of the ultimate convenience of the Internet to write your Will at your own pace, online, and to make changes online at any time free of charge. 

  • Free unlimited updates.  Don't pay a lawyer every time you need to update your Will. We allow your Will to be kept securely online so that you can make free unlimited updates for as long as you are a member.

  • You can still have it reviewed by a lawyer. We have worked with lawyers in the United States to bring you these services and to ensure that they are of the highest quality. But if you wish, we can still arrange for your documents to be reviewed by one of our lawyers, who will check the documents for consistency and completeness.

  • The Keyholder® Advantage. You can take advantage of our unique messaging service which allows you to describe the exact location of your Will and to provide a detailed list of assets for your Executor. All for no extra charge. When you pass away, let us worry about communicating this information to the people you specify. There is simply no other company that provides such a complete and convenient service to their customers. For more information, read about The Keyholder® Advantage.

  • We employ a strong focus on protecting the privacy and security of your information.  We use industry standard encryption algorithms for storing all of your private information, and the design of our services ensures that the contents of your information are made available to the specific people designated by yourself, and only at the appropriate time. 

  • Keep informed and up to date.  If you wish, we can inform you by email about any changes in legislation which may have occurred in your jurisdiction that may require changes to your Will.  Or we can send you simple email reminders, no more than once a year, to remind you to consider updating your Will if any significant changes have occurred in your life.  

Other websites and do-it-yourself kits simply do not compare.
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Tim Hewsonon April 2, 2019

How much does a Will cost? And why?

This question leads to a number of further questions:
  • What exactly is a Will?
  • Why are some Wills free?
  • Why do some Wills cost $1,000?
  • How much should a Will cost?
  • What about online Will services?
  • Why do Wills at USLegalWills.com cost $49.95?
We will address all of these questions and more in this article.
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Tim Hewsonon September 16, 2016

How to write a Will – key steps to successfully writing your Will

Do you want to know how to write a Will? Even though writing a Will is one of the most important things that everyone ought to do, most of us are very good at avoiding the issue. Most people put off the task of writing a Will, even though it is one of the most important things that we can do for our family.

The one thing that you should not be apprehensive about is that you do not know how to write a Will. There are plenty of resources out there to help you.

None of us really wants to think about our own demise, so putting off writing a Will seems like the easier option. Unfortunately, the reality is that if we don't deal with the task of writing a Will, we leave our loved ones with huge potential difficulties.
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Tim Hewsonon December 9, 2015

A simple Will – From $0 to $1,000. How much should I pay?

You are already doing better than the vast majority of adults in the US.

You know that you need a Will, and you are starting to do something about it. You have started researching the approaches to preparing a simple Will, and now you are thoroughly confused.

How can it be that the same simple Will can cost absolutely nothing on some websites, and can cost a thousand dollars with an estate planning attorney. What exactly will you be getting in each case? and how much should you really be paying to write a simple Last Will and Testament?
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