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Tools
Every MORTL planning tool in one place: the free tools stay free, and the premium tools come with MORTL Premium. Not sure what order to work in? The end-of-life checklist runs these tools in sequence.
The short answer
Every MORTL tool does one job: build the will, pick the state directive, check the beneficiaries, price the funeral, track the notifications, test the whole plan. Most are free without an account, and the Premium ones say so upfront. Start with the one that matches what's in front of you today.
Reviewed August 2026
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Put in your age and see how many weeks you’ve already spent and roughly how many remain. Then share your number and ask what everyone else got.
Open →Fill in what you know, skip what you don't, and create an obituary draft to review, print, copy, or download.
Open →Build a folded funeral program in your browser and print it at home or at any print shop.
Open →Answer a few questions to screen for common reasons you may or may not be personally responsible for a debt. Confirm the result before paying or promising payment.
Open →A checkable list of common organizations and people to notify after a death, grouped by priority, with progress saved in your browser.
Open →Answer three screening questions to see common probate indicators, then use the state-specific estimator. The result is general guidance, not a court determination.
Open →Found paperwork after a death and not sure what it is? Match it to common document types and see the effect each document typically has at death.
Open →Work through common executor tasks by phase, with links to relevant MORTL tools. Duties, deadlines, and required filings vary by estate and court.
Open →Work through the documents, decisions, and notifications in one list; progress saves in your browser, no account required.
Open →Guided builders that adapt to your state. Starting with the will? Read what belongs in a will first: it explains the decisions before the builder asks for them.
Answer a short set of questions and create a last will and testament draft. Confirm your state’s current requirements and consider legal review before signing.
Open →Build the living will half of your advance directive: the document that records which treatments you want and don't want, with your state's witness and notary rules built into the signing block.
Open →The umbrella document: see your state's signing rules and work through the full set of medical decisions, living will choices included, against an official state source.
Open →Create editable notification templates an authorized estate representative may use for banks, creditors, insurers, utilities, and credit bureaus.
Open →Prepare a financial power of attorney draft using MORTL's published state signing information. Confirm the current form and execution rules before signing.
Open →The practical letter your family reads first: where things are, who to call, what happens in the first week.
Open →Build one handoff packet from the contacts, document locations, account hints, digital access notes, and wishes you enter.
Open →Record the assets and debts you know about, calculate an estimated net value, and create an inventory for your executor to review.
Open →A valid beneficiary designation commonly controls the listed asset instead of a conflicting will, subject to the account, facts, and governing law. Review the accounts you add and flag possible conflicts.
Open →Review the platforms in the planner, use any legacy settings they currently offer, and document what you want done with the accounts you add.
Open →Compare the details you enter with MORTL's dated state threshold, cost, and timeline information for a preliminary estimate. Confirm current court rules before acting.
Open →Estimate potential federal and state estate or inheritance tax exposure using the dated figures in MORTL’s source set. Confirm current law before acting.
Open →Price a funeral item by item using the categories the FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to quote.
Open →Walk through the documents and answers recorded in MORTL, apply the selected state, and flag the gaps this rehearsal checks.
Open →Moved states? Compare selected will, directive, deed, and tax rules that may affect the plan. Confirm the result with current official sources or qualified counsel.
Open →The laws your plan sits on change. See the published entries in MORTL’s state-guide change log since your last review and the areas they may affect.
Open →Build a practical playbook from the state, documents, contacts, and first-step information you record for your executor.
Open →Decide what the end looks like: the setting, the people, the lines you won’t cross. Then say it clearly, in writing.
Open →Write the letters that outlive you: what you learned, what you hope for the people you love, in your own words.
Open →MORTL Premium is $9 a month or $69 a year. See what it includes