Where heir credit, probate and the wealth transfer actually happen.
Last checked: November 6, 2026
An inheritance is a promise with a twenty-month delivery date. The links below cover all four sides of that wait — the advance firms that pay heirs early, the probate process that makes them wait, the wealth-transfer research that sizes the market, and the tax and planning rules that decide how much actually arrives.
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The advance market
The oldest firm in the field explains its advance process, terms, and non-recourse structure, with its history since 1992 and its record of more than $200 million advanced.
Independent review of the largest advance provider: advance sizes, limits, fees, and its Better Business Bureau record.
A provider in business since 2003 describes its four-step advance process, its funding in as little as 24 hours, and its record of more than $105 million funded.
A newer advance firm on its service across all 50 states, its 24-to-48-hour funding, and the families it reports having helped.
A practical guide to comparing advance firms, including typical advance caps, flat-fee pricing, and the non-recourse terms to look for.
Fee guide explaining fixed-fee and tiered pricing, with worked examples of what an advance costs at different probate timelines.
Plain-English explainer on how advances work as assignments of a future interest, the 10% to 50% fee range, and the qualification requirements.
Probate, timelines and costs
The 2024 State of Probate study: a 20-month average timeline, the 3% to 7% cost range, and how few Americans estimate either correctly.
A bank trust-and-probate specialist explains the process, the roughly 18-month expectation, and when a simple estate can close in four to six months.
Cost breakdown built from filing-fee data across 3,223 counties, with the 3% to 8% planning range and state statutory fee schedules.
State-by-state probate timelines, including the creditor claim periods that set the floor in Florida, California, and New York.
The wealth transfer
Cerulli's own release on the transfer: more than 70% of heirs are likely to change advisors after inheriting, and what that means for planning.
Research summary of Cerulli's $124 trillion projection through 2048, its concentration among high-net-worth households, and the generational breakdown.
Sourced statistics on the transfer: the $124 trillion total, the $105 trillion to heirs, the spousal share, and the advisor-retention figures.
McKinsey-based figures on heir and widow advisor switching, and why most firms only meet the heir at the point of transfer.
Estate tax and planning
The 2026 federal estate-tax exemption of $15 million per person, the permanent change under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the 40% top rate.
The survey behind the headline figure: only 24% of Americans have a will, down from 33% in 2022, with the full findings from more than 2,500 adults.
The bank's head of behavioral sciences on why so few adults have a will, with Pew Research Center and Caring.com survey figures.
Compiled survey statistics on will ownership by age and income, and the reasons people give for having no plan.
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Changelog
- November 6, 2026: Initial edition — the advance market, probate timelines and costs, the wealth transfer, and estate tax and planning established (19 items, all verified live November 6, 2026; Caring.com returned a bot-protection response to direct fetch and was verified through search results instead — see SOURCES.md).