The hub
Every relationship has its own chain. A spouse proves a marriage; a child proves a birth; a grandchild proves two generations, sometimes through two deaths. This page is the map: pick the relationship, and it routes you to the chain the state will demand — then the checker computes yours exactly.
| The owner was your… | Your kinship proof | The page |
|---|---|---|
| Parent | Your birth certificate naming them | The parent claim · mother · father |
| Spouse | Your marriage certificate | The spouse claim |
| Grandparent | Two generations of certificates — often two death certificates | The grandparent claim |
| Child | Their birth certificate naming you | Who can claim — the order of people |
| Brother or sister | Both birth certificates, showing the shared parent | Who can claim |
| You're the executor | The court's letters (testamentary or of administration) | Who can claim |
Honestly: most individual properties are small — the national median sits near $100, even though the average is near $2,080, because a minority of claims are large (an insurance policy, a forgotten brokerage account, a safe-deposit box). The checker triages honestly for this reason: a small, simple claim is routed to the free official door with our blessing. The kit earns its price on the hard end — old deaths, many heirs, two-generation chains, amounts where a finder's percentage would cost real money.
Run your own claim. The free checker takes your state, your relationship, and your amount — and returns the probate-skip verdict, your document chain in order, the signatures you'll need, and the finder fee you'd avoid. Run the checker →
The pages above are the map. The kit is the paperwork: the per-state checklists, the Table of Heirs worksheet, the letters that line up every heir's signature, and the chapter for the state's reply.
One payment, yours to keep. We never file for you and never touch your money — you file everything yourself, with the state. See everything inside the kit →