Newlywed Will & Estate Plan

Two complete plans, one for each spouse. Each of you gets a Last Will and Testament, an Advance Healthcare Directive, a Financial Power of Attorney (not in California or Georgia), a HIPAA authorization, a beneficiary update checklist and signing instructions for your state. All for $179.

No. You get two separate mirror wills, one for each of you, not one joint will. Each of you signs your own, and each of you can change your own later.

Yes. A will only covers the person who signs it, so each of you signs your own documents. Your signing instructions walk you through it.

Partly. Each will leaves everything to your spouse first, then to your children, then to a backup person you choose together. Each of you can add up to three specific gifts of your own and sets your own healthcare wishes. You name each other as executor and choose your guardian, agents and backups together. If you want quite different plans, two Personal plans may suit you better.

Yes. Buy now, then fill in the questions after the wedding. Your wills name each other as spouse, so the questions ask you to confirm you're legally married before you start. If you're not planning to marry, each of you needs a Personal plan.

One of you can type the answers, but you'll need your partner's details and their own choices, like their healthcare wishes and any specific gifts. It's easiest to sit down together for 20 minutes. You can each see the other's documents, and each of you signs your own.

Use each person's legal name as it is on their ID today, and add other names in the questions, like a maiden name. The wills list them as "also known as", so both names point to the same person. If the new ID arrives within 60 days of your documents, we'll send a corrected set at no charge.

A will says who receives what you own, names an executor to settle your estate, and names a guardian for children under 18. In the Newlywed plan each will leaves everything to the surviving spouse first.

It names the person who makes medical decisions for you if you can't, your spouse or someone else you trust, plus a backup, and records your living will wishes. Each of you makes your own healthcare choices. Where your state publishes its own form, we use it.

It lets your agent, your spouse or someone else you trust, pay bills and manage money and property if you can't. Each of you gets your own. California and Georgia plans don't include it.

Privacy rules can stop a hospital from sharing your medical information, even with your spouse. A HIPAA authorization lets the people you name get the facts. Each of you gets one, at no extra cost.

No. Retirement accounts, life insurance and payable on death bank accounts go to whoever is named on each account's beneficiary form. Your two beneficiary update checklists walk you through the accounts to update after the wedding.

If you're married, yes. Under state law, marriage can change or cancel parts of an old will, and your spouse is not automatically your only heir. The healthcare directive and power of attorney matter just as much, because they let you look after each other if one of you can't.

You're already updating your names, your accounts and your beneficiaries after the wedding. Adding your wills means one round of paperwork instead of two, and you're both protected from the start.

Your documents are prepared from your answers and built from your state's law. A will takes effect once it's signed the way your state requires, and your signing instructions spell that out: who must witness each document, and when you need a notary. NameChange.com is not a law firm and can't promise how a court, bank or hospital will treat a document. If your situation is complex, talk to an estate planning lawyer.

NameChange.com is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. We built our templates from each state's statutes and official forms, and our software fills them in from your answers, word for word. No lawyer writes or reviews your finished documents.

About 20 minutes to answer the questions for both of you. Both sets of PDFs arrive by email within 2 business days after you finish, and a printed set for each of you follows by mail.

The Newlywed plan is $179. Two Personal plans would be $258, so you save $79, and you still each get your own full set.

Get the Name Change Kit + Newlywed Will for $219 instead. It's this plan plus our Name Change Kit for the partner changing their name, $59 less than buying them separately.

Yes. The Newlywed Will & Estate Plan gift card is $179 and never expires. You answer the questions yourselves, so the giver never sees your answers.

48 states and D.C. Not available in Louisiana or North Carolina. California and Georgia plans include the will, healthcare directive, HIPAA authorization and checklist for each of you, but not the financial power of attorney.

See an estate planning lawyer if your estate may owe estate or inheritance tax, either of you owns a business or property outside the U.S., you want to provide for someone with special needs on government benefits, you want to leave out a spouse or child or expect a challenge, you want a trust, or you have children from more than one relationship and want specific arrangements for them.

We use your answers only to prepare your documents and to help you afterward. We never ask for Social Security numbers, account numbers or passwords. We keep your answers and documents for 12 months so we can resend or correct them, then delete them, so keep your own copies.

Full refund within 60 days of purchase, for any reason. Email support@namechange.com.

Both sets arrive as PDFs by email within 2 business days after you finish the questions. A printed set for each of you follows by mail, and standard shipping is charged at checkout.

Yes. Your plan comes with a printed set for each of you by mail, and standard shipping is charged at checkout. If you want to sign sooner, you can print your PDFs at home.

For 60 days after your documents arrive, you can change your answers and we'll send a corrected set at no charge. After that, changes need a new plan. Sign any new set the same way you signed the first.

No. One payment, no subscription.

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