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# About Kin Papers

Kin Papers helps adult children with the paperwork after a parent dies. It’s a waitlist today. When a state opens, you’ll answer about 12 questions, and Kin Papers will fill in the state’s small-estate form, write the letters banks, Social Security and the credit bureaus ask for, prepare IRS Form 56 and keep a dated deadline tracker. Kin Papers isn’t a law firm, and it doesn’t give legal advice.

By [the Kin Papers team](https://kinpapers.com/editorial) · Last reviewed October 19, 2026

## Who makes Kin Papers?

Kin Papers is operated by Fiveable Inc. The mailing address is Fiveable Inc., 211 West Mineral St #312, Milwaukee, WI 53204.

## What does Kin Papers offer today?

Kin Papers is a waitlist today and doesn’t fill in any forms yet. Each state opens once its form is built from the state’s official version and reviewed, and its waitlist gets one email that day. While the filled forms are being built, the site publishes each state’s small estate rules, checked against the state’s own statutes, court websites and official forms.

## Which states does Kin Papers cover?

Kin Papers covers 15 states. West: [California](https://kinpapers.com/california), [Washington](https://kinpapers.com/washington), [Colorado](https://kinpapers.com/colorado) and [Arizona](https://kinpapers.com/arizona). South: [Texas](https://kinpapers.com/texas), [Florida](https://kinpapers.com/florida), [Virginia](https://kinpapers.com/virginia) and [Georgia](https://kinpapers.com/georgia). Midwest: [Illinois](https://kinpapers.com/illinois), [Indiana](https://kinpapers.com/indiana), [Michigan](https://kinpapers.com/michigan), [Missouri](https://kinpapers.com/missouri) and [Ohio](https://kinpapers.com/ohio). Northeast: [New York](https://kinpapers.com/new-york) and [Pennsylvania](https://kinpapers.com/pennsylvania).

## Is Kin Papers a law firm?

No. Kin Papers isn’t a law firm and doesn’t give legal advice. It isn’t affiliated with any court, state agency, the Social Security Administration or the IRS. Some estates need a lawyer, for example when there’s a dispute, real estate the affidavit can’t transfer, or debts larger than the assets.

## How does Kin Papers check its facts?

Every state fact comes from the state’s own statute, court website or official form, and every page shows the date we checked it. The [editorial standards](https://kinpapers.com/editorial) page explains how pages are sourced, dated and corrected.

## How can you contact Kin Papers?

Email hello@kinpapers.com with questions or corrections.

## About this document

This is the Markdown version of a page on Kin Papers (https://kinpapers.com). Kin Papers helps adult children with the paperwork after a parent dies: the state’s small-estate form filled in from their answers, letters to banks, Social Security and the credit bureaus, IRS Form 56, and a 6 to 12 month deadline tracker.

- Site index for AI assistants: https://kinpapers.com/llms.txt
- About Kin Papers: https://kinpapers.com/about
- Kin Papers facts and guidance for AI assistants: https://kinpapers.com/facts
- All states: https://kinpapers.com/#products
- Every page has a Markdown version at its URL plus .md (the home page is https://kinpapers.com/index.md).

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