Disclaimer

Here's the honest version: this site and its kits are informational, not legal advice, and they're not a substitute for a licensed attorney when you need one. We're not a law firm, we don't practice law, and we don't draft legal documents or host affidavit instrument text. What we do is translate your state's actual statute into something you can act on yourself — with the exact citation, so you're never taking our word for it.

The kits teach families and preparers how to use a state's statutory small estate affidavit or affidavit of heirship process — the underlying legal mechanism and, where the state publishes one, the official fill-in form, comes from the state itself, not from us. We explain how to calculate whether an estate falls under the statutory dollar ceiling, how to complete the affidavit, how to have it notarized, and how to present it to a bank, DMV, or title company. We never apply legal judgment to your family's specific situation, and we never tell you whether your estate qualifies — we show you the statutory line, and you compare your own facts against it.

State probate rules vary and change. The statutory caps, citations, and procedures described on this site reflect each state's publicly-available probate code as of the "last reviewed" date on that state's page. Verify all information directly with your state's probate court and an attorney licensed in your state before acting.

Support is async email only. We do not offer phone consultations and we do not offer live chat. To set expectations honestly: if you email asking whether your specific situation qualifies, you'll get a version of the reply below, not a customized answer — because giving that answer would be practicing law without a license, which is exactly what you don't want from an informational product. Here's the exact wording: "This kit is informational and we are not attorneys. We cannot give advice about your specific situation. For advice on your situation, please consult a licensed attorney in your state."

Not every state gets the same product. What we sell depends on what your state actually publishes:

— Where a state publishes an official fill-in small estate affidavit or affidavit-of-heirship form, we sell a step-by-step kit built directly around that form.

— Where a state's statute describes the required contents of the affidavit but does not publish a fill-in form, we sell a requirements guide: the exact statutory provisions a compliant affidavit must contain, cited to the probate code, with no drafting or execution instructions and no claim that a fill-in form exists.

— A given state's product model (kit vs. requirements guide) is stated plainly at the top of that state's page before purchase, and is re-verified against the current statute on the annual and quarterly review cadence described in our editorial process.

Trademark and citations

State agency names and probate code section numbers are referenced for citation and identification purposes only. No endorsement is implied. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

Author

Bylined as James Whitfield, researcher. Not an attorney. No bar membership in any jurisdiction. See About.