Willingworth Plan — Start Here
Welcome to the Willingworth Knowledge Base! Here you’ll find general information on estate planning, as well as the specifics on our documents and how to make the most of your Willingworth package.
To start, we’re going to give you an overview of the Willingworth plan, why it’s different, and why that matters.
You may have noticed that a lot of our competition allows you to purchase estate planning documents piecemeal. The idea seems to be that you can buy what you want, which may not be what you actually need, and get out without spending a ton of your hard-earned money.
Sounds good on the surface. Too bad it’s not a great approach to planning.
At Willingworth, our complete will package includes the core documents everyone needs to implement a comprehensive, reliable estate plan. Take just one of these documents away and you’ve left yourself and your loved ones vulnerable to uncertainty.
As planners with more than 50 years of estate and financial planning experience, we want to make sure our customers have a plan that works.
What are the documents?
Speaking of having what you need, here’s what you can expect from a Willingworth Plan:
A Will: The foundational document of any estate plan.
A Power of Attorney: In case an injury or illness prevents you from being able to make financial decisions and care for yourself.
An Advanced Directive for Health Care, aka Living Will: In case you ever find yourself terminally ill or injured and need to be sure that your wishes for your care are carried out appropriately.
Appointment of Guardian for minor children: If you have children and die before they reach age 18 (in most states), you can appoint the people you would want to care for them.
That’s it. Four documents that help you prepare for the future and provide certainty in a time of great uncertainty for your family and loved ones.
What makes Willingworth documents different?
Attention to detail.
We know there’s a lot of estate planning options on the internet. Some of them cost money, while others are free. So why should you spend the money to work with Willingworth as opposed to our competition?
Hundreds of hours have gone into drafting documents with attention to state-specific requirements for language and formatting. We have worked to take the stress out of making a will for you, but not at the expense of a “one-size fits all states” approach.
Each state has its own requirements as to proper signing and witnessing of a will. Doing it correctly under one state’s rules will not necessarily be recognized by another. This could require a court hearing before a judge before the will is admitted. That’s an awfully big headache, especially during a time when your loved ones are already dealing with your death.
At Willingworth, we believe that we have the responsibility to take care of more than just making sure your will is valid. We want to make sure that the entire process of administering your estate is as smooth as possible for the loved ones you leave behind.
Willingworth was created to put a reliable, cost-efficient and high value estate plan into as many hands as possible.
When we looked around the estate planning space, what we saw were lots of documents of varying quality, misleading or outright inaccurate information, and so many options at so many price points that it seemed hard to make a decision regarding who to work with, even for us.
Willingworth was created so that our customers could find a company to work with that had, first and foremost, their long-term interests at heart. That’s why we’re here and that’s what we promise you and your loved ones.
If you ever have questions about our company, our documents, our process, or anything else, please feel free to give us a shout. We’re easy to get in touch with and promise to be as helpful as possible.