Quick Byte: Online Wills

Professor Gerry Beyer reports today in his Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog on a Wall Street Journal article by Jane Hodges about online wills,  Before It's Too Late: A Test of Online Wills, WSJ, Nov. 12, 2009.  The Journal article reviews various online will preparation software, using a hypothetical married couple to test the products.  Beyer notes that the article has already been roundly criticized, particularly in a blog post by David A. Shulman, a South Florida estate planning attorney, entitled The Wall Street Journal Totally Blows it on Online Wills.  Beyer concludes by saying, "Maybe the real test will come when the hypothetical couple hypothetically passes away."