- Forbes, The Case Against Do-It-Yourself Wills: "Why am I strenuously opposed to do-it-yourself wills? There are just so many things that can go wrong–from the wording of the document, to the required formalities for how it must be signed and witnessed before it can be valid. … I make it a hobby of collecting DIY horror stories. And I've gathered some doozies. As Timothy E. Kalamaros, a lawyer with his own practice in South Bend, Ind., says, using a DIY will is like 'pulling your own tooth with a pair of pliers instead of going to the dentist.'"
- New York Times, In Using Software to Write a Will, a Lawyer Is Still Helpful: "After testing four programs, I asked an estate-planning lawyer to look over the final drafts for errors or potential issues. The verdict? Only after I tested all of the online services and analyzed their differences did I really feel as if I had a solid handle on the options available to me and what might be missing. That’s not to say that three of my four wills weren’t perfectly fine legal documents. But even though they seemed easy to draft, I still needed a lawyer to help decode some seemingly standard clauses and their consequences in my home state of New York."
The Case Against Do-It-Yourself Wills
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