Prepared legal document - Why "Canned" documents can give you

Watching commercials on late-night television is a considerable education for real estate planning attorneys. In order to "save the cost of hiring an expensive attorney," each channel seems to have pre-prepared or managed legal documents: "Easy filling and thousands of dollars (Insert document type: volunteer, trust, power of attorney, acts etc)! "" Easy to use! "Avoid paying premium price of what you can do at home! "There is a person who always smiles," testimonies "of" customers "requesting forms are easy to use with step by step instructions.

To think that the planning, creation and execution of the most important documents in individual life is very simple!

If only it was.

This is a classic case. "If you think it is really good, it is usually so." American capitalism is wonderful. Small businesses highly appreciate the freedom that Americans must make a living, but if they hurt consumers who pay their hard-earned money on computer programs and documents, they will never work .

I decided that some clients were totally invalid, did not do what I should do, later needed a lot of legal work to fix the confusion the client had, prepared in advance I handed the document to me. Others are trusts, some are documents of corporations, others are contracts. In either case, the customer pays more expenses A lot more - To get rid of the mess.

Lawyers do not spend four years at university and three years at law school so that canned cans can be filled out from online websites and office supply stores. Most legal documents, especially people who are needed for daily life, need accuracy and form in order to be legally legitimate. And they must carefully follow the laws of the country in which they are used. Voters must contain very specific languages ​​and must be executed very precisely to be accepted by the courts. One mistake and will will be invalid. This is especially important as you can not redo your will after you pass. And it is not what you desire for your heir.

The same thing is done for acts. This must be done properly or it is not valid. I believe you relocated, received - Do you just know that property is not worth the paper it was written for? A contract is another type of document that you feel you can write yourself or use "managed" documents without knowing the specific field or the requirements of that state's law. I can not talk of which of past past Penny Filiich of my red face customer has filed a long and expensive case.

In order to have a legal document that may not be legitimate, is it really worth saving one of $ 750.00 to $ 1,500.00 depending on the type of document? Using preshaped legal documents to save money may be attractive, but its use is a classic "penny wise and dollar silly" case. I always say to my client: "Please pay me now, or pay later. Even if you pay for me now, rather than paying later to get rid of confusion,

Only members of your country's bar are authorized to prepare these important living documents and are competent people. Later in order to avoid expensive problems, please prepare to look for the appropriate lawyer and pay reasonable price to expert advice and draft.