Estate administration help for non-contested estates.
You stay the executor. We help you handle the administrative work required to settle the estate, including calls, paperwork, account closures, transfers, claims, and follow-up.
- Spend less time on calls and paperwork
- Get help keeping the estate moving
- Know what the help will cost upfront
- Stay in control as executor
Start With A Free 30 Minute Call
Someone from the Honorly team will call you back, often within 24 hours. While you wait, our after-a-death checklist can help you see what needs attention now and what can wait.
Get help administering the estate
Estate administration can take hundreds of hours to complete. If you are the executor or person responsible for settling a non-contested estate, Honorly can take much of the administrative work off your plate.
- Bank and investment accounts
- Retirement accounts
- Life insurance claims
- Vehicle titles
- Creditor notifications and bills
- Property, mortgage, and utility accounts
- Probate coordination
- Tax coordination
- Beneficiary transfers
You remain the executor and make the decisions. Honorly handles the administrative work you engage them to perform.
What happens, and who handles what
Secure the home, locate the will and other estate documents, and make the decisions that only the executor or family can make.
Orders death certificates, helps with notifications, gathers information, and starts organizing the estate and the work ahead.
Make required executor decisions and sign where your authority is required.
Helps prepare and organize the paperwork and keeps the process moving.
Confirm what belongs to the estate and make decisions about property.
Tracks down accounts, assets, documents, and information and builds the estate inventory.
Make decisions about what to keep, close, sell, or transfer.
Handles notifications, follow-up, documentation, and administrative steps.
Approve payments and work with attorneys or tax professionals where needed.
Organizes claims, bills, records, deadlines, and information needed by the estate's professionals.
Approve distributions and make the final decisions.
Coordinates paperwork, tracks outstanding items, and helps get the estate to the finish line.
Every estate moves at a different pace. Honorly stays with you from the first administrative steps through closing.
Why we partnered with Honorly
Buried in Work provides resources to make estate administration as easy to understand as possible. But sometimes, it makes more sense to get help.
That's where Honorly comes in. They take a hands-on approach to estate administration, using Buried in Work's resources to help guide the process while you remain the executor.
Buried in Work may receive compensation when a referred family becomes an Honorly client.
Getting started with Honorly
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Step 1 Talk through the estate
Tell Honorly what you know so far. They'll help identify what needs to be done and explain where they can help.
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Step 2 Get a clear price
Honorly will give you a price based on the work involved. There is no obligation to move forward.
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Step 3 Hand off the administrative work
If you decide to proceed, Honorly takes on the agreed-upon calls, paperwork, follow-up, and coordination.
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Step 4 Stay in control
You remain the executor and make the decisions. Honorly helps keep the work moving.
Common questions
Does Honorly become the executor?
No. You remain the executor and retain the authority and responsibility that comes with that role.
What kind of estates can Honorly help with?
Honorly helps with the administration of non-contested estates, where the executor needs help completing the work required to settle the estate.
If there is a dispute over the will, beneficiaries, ownership of property, the executor's authority, or another contested legal issue, you should speak with an estate attorney. Honorly can work alongside attorneys and CPAs when professional legal or tax help is needed.
Is Honorly a law firm?
No. Honorly provides estate administration services and works alongside attorneys and CPAs when an estate needs legal or tax professionals.
What if I already have an estate attorney?
That is fine. Attorneys and Honorly do different work. Your attorney can handle legal issues while Honorly helps with the administrative work required to move the estate forward.
How much does it cost?
Honorly determines the price after a free introductory call because estates vary considerably in size and complexity. The price is based on the work involved rather than a percentage of the estate.
How long does settling an estate take?
Many estates take months and some take considerably longer. The timeline depends on the estate, the state, the assets involved, creditor periods, tax issues, probate requirements, and other circumstances.
Do I have to hire them after the first call?
No. The introductory call is free and there is no obligation to continue.
You do not have to make every call yourself.
Tell Honorly what you are dealing with. They can explain what they can take off your plate.
Free introductory call. No obligation.