Individuals & Families
Compassionate estate guidance for life’s critical moments
Impact
Meet Elayne
A modern platform for estate planning and navigating family settlements
Compassionate guidance after loss
Personalized loss roadmap
Dedicated care manager
Automated estate settlements


Estate & financial planning, reimagined
AI-powered estate updates for life’s milestones
Optimize your net worth
Establish your family network


Use Cases
Caring for elderly parents



Growing your family



Moving to a new state



Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Elayne different from hiring an attorney?
Elayne handles the time-consuming work—asset discovery, paperwork, notifications, and follow-ups—at a fraction of traditional costs, while connecting you with attorneys for the parts that require legal expertise.
Do I have to be the executor to begin?
No. Many families start before anyone is officially named, and that's normal. Elayne meets you wherever you are, helps you understand your role, and walks you through the steps toward the authority you need.
What if I choose the wrong plan?
You can't really get it wrong. Each plan includes everything in the one before it, so you can start wherever you like. If you move up later, you pay only the difference and pick up right where you left off.
How is Elayne charged?
To the estate. Elayne is an eligible estate expense, paid from estate funds. If the estate account isn't open yet, the client pays and is reimbursed once it is. The firm is never billed.
What’s included in each Elayne plan?
Self-Guided gives you a clear roadmap and keeps your family organized with shared access. You handle all the tasks yourself using our step-by-step guidance. Concierge means we do the heavy lifting - making calls, filing paperwork, searching for assets, closing accounts. You review and approve; we handle execution. Plus you get personalized guidance from real people who understand what you're going through.
What if I'm not the executor yet?
You don't have to wait. Plenty of families start before anyone is officially named, and Elayne helps you get organized and file for probate so you can become the executor. The full asset search opens once you have the legal authority to run it, and Elayne walks you through getting there.
Is Elayne a law firm?
No. Elayne isn't a law firm. It organizes the estate and can take you all the way through filing for probate, keeping documents, accounts, family details, and open questions in one place. Prefer a lawyer? You'll hand them an attorney-ready record, so their time goes to legal work, not admin. The legal calls stay yours, and Elayne helps each next step make sense.
What does my office actually receive?
An attorney-ready live record: the documents, an asset and liability inventory sorted by likely disposition path, date-of-death values, distributees and beneficiaries, authority status, and the open issues. Every fact links back to its source document, ready for review before drafting begins.
How long will I need Concierge?
Most estates take 6-18 months to fully settle, but many families complete the bulk of the work in 3-4 months with our help.
Does each family member pay separately?
No. One price covers the whole estate. Invite unlimited family and professionals at no extra cost, so everyone stays in one place.
What if I don't have all the documents?
Start with what you have, even if it's just a few documents or notes. Elayne understands what you upload, identifies the key names, dates, and accounts, and shows you the next steps. You can keep adding as you learn more, so the roadmap evolves with you.
How fast does the record come together?
Faster than client-chased intake. Elayne prompts the client for the next document the matter is likely to need and reaches out to whoever holds it, and the record builds as documents arrive, parsed, cross-checked, and source-linked. Pre-filing dead time that runs weeks compresses to days.
Can I switch between Self-Guided and Concierge later?
Absolutely - you can start with Self-Guided to see how much time it takes, then upgrade to Concierge when you realize you need help.
Does the estate pay, or do I?
The estate covers it. Once you have authority and the estate bank account has funding, Elayne can be paid as an eligible estate expense, not another personal bill. If an estate bank account is not open yet, you can pay now and reimburse yourself from estate funds once the account is set up.
Is Verified Asset Search™ worth the price?
Most families can't find everything on their own. Verified Asset Search™ checks 100+ financial sources that mail, old statements, and public records miss, and Elayne has found over $5M in assets for families. Even confirming nothing is missing is worth knowing before the estate closes.
Does Elayne fit my existing tools?
There is nothing to integrate. Elayne onboards the client, builds the record, and your office reviews it from a browser dashboard. No practice-management migration, no new workflow for your staff.
Can I invite other family members to my account?
Yes! All Elayne plans include shared family access. Everyone can see progress, access documents, and collaborate - which reduces confusion and duplicate effort during an already difficult time.
Is my information secure?
Yes. Your estate information is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is controlled by role, and sensitive actions are protected with biometric identity checks. We also flag and manually review any account that shows unusual signs, so the estate and your loved one's identity stay protected.
Why pay for Elayne instead of having my attorney do it?
Much of early estate work is admin, not legal strategy: sorting documents, tracing accounts, gathering family details, and filling out forms. Estate setup handles that for $500, so you arrive organized and your attorney's hours go to legal work, not paperwork at their hourly rate. Families save about $4,500 in attorney time on average.
Is my information secure?
Yes. Your estate information is encrypted in transit and at rest, protected with bank-level security, and never sold to advertisers or data brokers. You decide who can see what by role, and you can change or revoke that access anytime.
What can Elayne find that the client's paperwork won't?
Elayne runs a credentialed asset search across more than 100 financial and government sources: bank and brokerage accounts, retirement plans, tax records, life insurance, real property, business interests, and unclaimed funds, with identity monitoring coming soon on the decedent's credit files.
Can I start free and upgrade later?
Yes. You can begin with Self-Guided and upgrade to the full Discovery Report whenever you're ready. The work you've already done, like documents uploaded, and confirmed contacts, carry over.
Do you offer refunds?
Yes, with one condition. Estate Setup can be refunded within 30 days by emailing us. Asset Discovery is different: once Verified Asset Search™ runs, the work is done and can't be refunded. Either way, if something isn't right, we want to hear from you.
My client is months into probate. Is it too late?
No. Clients start at any stage, from before letters testamentary to deep into settlement. Elayne builds the record from wherever the matter stands and surfaces what's missing: documents, unconfirmed assets, open distributee questions.
What if I don't continue after the Discovery Report?
The report is yours to keep. You can use it to move forward on your own or share it with your own professionals. If you continue with Elayne, your $250 is credited toward your settlement fee.




































