Tools
MORTL Tools
for planning ahead and for after a death.
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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Free
No charge and no account needed. Drafts save in this browser, or to your account if you're signed in. Starting with the will? Read what belongs in a will first: it explains the decisions before the builder asks for them.
The Weeks You Have Left
Put in your age and see how many weeks you’ve already spent and roughly how many remain, then save the weeks you’ve lived as an image to post.
Open →Will Template Hub
Answer a short set of questions and build your last will and testament, free, as a PDF or Word file. Confirm your state’s current requirements and consider legal review before signing.
Open →Living Will Builder
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 →Healthcare Power of Attorney
Name the person who makes medical decisions when you can't: your agent, alternates, and what they can decide, free as a PDF or Word file, with your state's witness and notary rules in the signing block.
Open →Advance Directive Hub
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 →Obituary Maker
Fill in what you know, skip what you don't, and create an obituary draft to review, print, copy, or download.
Open →Write Your Own Obituary
Write the obituary you want people to read, the way a newspaper would run it, and turn it into a card to post.
Open →Funeral Program
Build a folded funeral program in your browser and print it at home or at any print shop.
Open →Eulogy Builder
Answer four prompts, pick a length in minutes, and get a eulogy draft you can print in large type and read out loud.
Open →What to Say
Pick who died, how close you are, and card, text, email, or in person. Get the lines to skip and the lines to write instead.
Open →Thank-You Notes
List who sent flowers, brought food, gave, carried, or spoke, and get one funeral thank-you note per person to print, copy, or edit in Word.
Open →Pet Obituary
Write an obituary for a dog, a cat, or any animal from the name, the years, the people who loved them, and the one thing only they did.
Open →Pet Quality of Life Scale
Score your dog or cat on the seven-question HHHHHMM scale vets use, read the total the way the scale does, and print a week sheet for the vet.
Open →Pet Cremation Cost
Estimate pet cremation and euthanasia costs by weight and option from published 2026 ranges, with the source on every line.
Open →Debt Responsibility Checker
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 →Who to Notify Tracker
A checkable list of common organizations and people to notify after a death, grouped by priority, with progress saved in your browser.
Open →Do I Need Probate?
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 →What's This Document?
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 →Executor Checklist
Work through common executor tasks by phase, with links to relevant MORTL tools. Duties, deadlines, and required filings vary by estate and court.
Open →Planning Checklist
Work through the documents, decisions, and notifications in one list; progress saves in your browser, no account required.
Open →Financial Power of Attorney
Build a durable financial power of attorney, free, as a PDF or Word file, with your state's signing rules in the signing block. Confirm the current form and execution rules before signing.
Open →Funeral Cost Planner
Price a funeral item by item using the categories the FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to quote.
Open →MORTL Premium
The Folder, the letters, the estate inventory, the calculators and the checks. Premium also saves the free builders' answers to your account.
Estate Settlement Letters
Create editable notification templates an authorized estate representative may use for banks, creditors, insurers, utilities, and credit bureaus.
Open →Letter of Instruction
The practical letter your family reads first: where things are, who to call, what happens in the first week.
Open →The Folder
Build one handoff packet from the contacts, document locations, account hints, digital access notes, and wishes you enter.
Open →Estate Inventory & Net Worth
Record the assets and debts you know about, calculate an estimated net value, and create an inventory for your executor to review.
Open →Beneficiary Audit
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 →Digital Legacy Planner
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 →Probate Cost & Timeline Estimator
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 →Estate Tax Calculator
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 →The Rehearsal
Walk through the documents and answers recorded in MORTL, apply the selected state, and flag the gaps this rehearsal checks.
Open →The Move Check
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 →Your Plan vs. The Law
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 →The Executor Kit
Build a practical playbook from the state, documents, contacts, and first-step information you record for your executor.
Open →On My Terms
Decide what the end looks like: the setting, the people, the lines you won’t cross. Then say it clearly, in writing.
Open →Legacy Letters
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
The Death Dispatch
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A weekly email about death in plain words: new tools, the laws that moved, what things cost now, and the questions readers asked. No noise, no euphemisms.