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Our approach

We guide. You act.

Most estate services want to take over, or leave you alone with a checklist. Pastwell does neither. It walks beside you: it knows the way, carries what you need, and leaves every decision in your hands.

Settling an estate is one of the last things you will do for someone you love. We think that matters. It shouldn’t be handed to strangers, and it shouldn’t require a law degree at midnight.

So Pastwell was built as a guide, not a proxy. What it does is quiet and, we believe, more valuable than doing it for you: it makes sure that at every moment you know exactly what to do next, and have exactly what you need to do it.

Who it’s for

Built for the person holding the list.

The executor
Named in the will, or stepping up because someone had to. You hold the legal authority and the long list. Pastwell was built first for you.
Co-executors and heirs
Settling is rarely a one-person job. Family members can join with their own access, see what's happening, and take pieces of the work off your plate.
Families working with an attorney
Pastwell doesn't replace counsel; it keeps everything straight between meetings. Your attorney can be invited in, and arrives to a clean ledger instead of a shoebox.

The three steps

A short conversation. A clear plan. A steady walk.

  1. Tell us what happened.

    Pastwell begins with a short, plain-language conversation: who your loved one was, where they lived, what they left behind. It asks only what's needed, in words a tired person can answer.

    • No legal jargon and no long forms
    • Save and come back whenever you need to
    • Nothing required beyond what you know today

  2. Receive your roadmap.

    From that conversation, Pastwell builds the estate's actual to-do list: every task that applies, sequenced so nothing waits on something you haven't done yet, tailored to the laws of your loved one's state.

    • Personalized across all 52 U.S. jurisdictions
    • Ordered by what unlocks what
    • Deadlines watched, with gentle email reminders

  3. Do each task with everything in hand.

    Open a task and everything it needs is already there. You make the call or submit the form yourself, in minutes, and check it off. Then the roadmap quietly tells you what's next.

    • The documents attached, ready to send
    • Direct pages and phone lines for more than a hundred institutions
    • Your details on a clipboard, ready to copy into any form

Where we draw the line

We never hold passwords.
Pastwell has no way to log in to your loved one's accounts, and never asks to.
We never act in your name.
No signing, filing, calling, or moving money on your behalf. Every action is yours, which means every decision is too.
We never give legal advice.
Pastwell explains what typically needs to happen and equips you to do it. When a question truly needs an attorney, it says so plainly.

Everything else an estate asks of you, we make lighter.

Curious what the toolkit holds? See what’s inside

Whenever you’re ready.

Begin with a few gentle questions, at your own pace. Free to start, and no card to enter.

Begin for free

You don’t have to do this alone.