Independent compatibility study
This page describes how the INHERIT open estate data standard maps to LegalZoom's data model. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by LegalZoom.
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LegalZoom
Partial studyA major US consumer legal services platform offering online will-writing and estate planning.
What you can do with LegalZoom + INHERIT
Proposed: export structured estate data from LegalZoom's will-writing questionnaire into INHERIT format. When a LegalZoom customer's will needs to be administered, the estate data would be available in a format any solicitor or attorney can import.
This means you can:- Give families a portable, structured version of their estate plan
- Enable solicitors to import will data instead of re-keying from a PDF
- Allow financial advisers to read and process estate plans programmatically
- Bridge the gap between consumer will-writing and professional estate administration
Imagine this
A LegalZoom customer created their will five years ago. They’ve since died, and the family contacts a local solicitor to administer the estate. Today, the solicitor receives a PDF and re-types every detail into their case management system — names, addresses, assets, beneficiaries, specific bequests. With INHERIT, the solicitor would receive a structured document instead. The deceased’s wishes, asset allocations, and beneficiary designations import directly. No re-keying. No transcription errors. No ambiguity about what the testator intended.
Four million wills. If even a fraction of them were available as structured data when families need them most, the impact on probate efficiency across the United States would be enormous.
How data flows
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