Are these calculators free?

Yes, and no account or email is required. Both run entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is transmitted, stored, or seen by anyone.

How accurate is the probate fee calculator?

Exact for ordinary services. California fixes that compensation by statute rather than by agreement, so the schedule is arithmetic. Extraordinary fees, filing fees, publication, appraisal and bond are additional and cannot be predicted.

How accurate is the deadline calculator?

It is an educational estimate only. Deadlines depend on how notice was served and whether it complied with the statute — facts a calculator cannot see. Only an attorney reviewing your documents can confirm your actual deadline.

Calculators

Two free calculators for California inheritance matters. One estimates your deadline to contest a trust under Probate Code section 16061.8, and the other returns the exact statutory probate fee under sections 10800 and 10810. Both run entirely in your own browser, with nothing transmitted.

Probate fee calculator The exact statutory fee under §§10800 and 10810, and what it costs against your actual equity Trust contest deadline calculator Estimate your window under §16061.8 from the date the trustee’s notice reached you

Why these two

They answer the two questions people ask first, and both have answers that are checkable rather than matters of opinion. What probate costs is fixed by statute, so a calculator can be exactly right. How long you have to contest a trust turns on a date and a rule, so a calculator can get you close enough to know whether to act this week or next month.

Nothing you enter leaves your browser

Both calculators run client-side. No figure, date or detail is transmitted to us or to anyone else, there is no account, and there is no email gate. That is deliberate: the value of an estate and the timing of a death are not information anyone should have to trade for an answer.

What a calculator cannot do

Neither tool sees your documents. The fee calculator does not know whether extraordinary fees will be allowed, whether assets pass outside probate, or whether a spousal petition removes the estate from administration entirely. The deadline calculator cannot tell whether the notice you received was valid — and an invalid notice may not have started any clock at all, which sometimes means a person who believes they are out of time is not.