We went over my Mom's will last week with her. It's a good thing that we did it while she was alive. A lot of "no, that's not at all what I meant." For example, in one paragraph it said "...and anything left over will go to Sister 1..." She said, "No I meant that anything left over should be distributed to the others by Sister 1."
There was no mention of what to do with the body, and no accomodations for circumstances that change after the will was made. For example, $11,000 to x, $2,000 to y. But what if there is only $7,000 left?
It's a total mess up, but luckily the estate is small. I think the lawyer, who, it turns out is a very good friend of my sister's, should not be allowed to create wills. My guess is that he's never done it before. I recommended that it be redone.
Bottom line: I have a newfound respect for the complexity of wills, and the importance of doing it right so as to avoid bad feelings and squabbling. I see now that a will has to foresee all the possible changes that may occur between the signing and the dying.
I'd choose a good will program over a bad lawyer, but a lawyer specializing in wills is what I'll use if we ever redo our "Willmaker" will.