How it works
Three steps. You answer, we build, you file. Here is what each step really looks like.
Free until you download. No account, no email, and no card until the end.
✓ The court's own official forms — never look-alikes · ✓ 20 Ontario courthouses verified · ✓ Current to the August 2025 form updates — form list last checked July 2026
1Answer questions
One question per screen, in plain words. Things like: "Did the person who died leave a signed will?" and "What was their full legal name?"
Every answer saves by itself, the moment you type it. Stop anytime. Come back days later — you land exactly where you left off.
Some answers need papers in front of you — the will, the death certificate. We tell you which papers, and what to copy from where.
And if our questions find something this software should not handle — a beneficiary under 18, a handwritten will, family conflict — we tell you right away, before you have paid anything, and explain what kind of professional to look for. That honesty is part of the product.
One more thing, because many people worry about it: you can't wreck anything here. You can go back and change any answer. Nothing goes to the court until you send it yourself. And we only ask what the court forms need — never a Social Insurance Number, a bank login, or a password. More on the security page.
2We build your papers
Your answers go onto the official Ontario court forms — the same files the courts publish, filled in the way court staff expect. Courts reject look-alike forms, so we never use them. These are the exact files the court publishes — see them on the court's own website.
Before anything is built, you check every answer on one review screen, laid out the way it will appear on the forms. Names and dates must match your documents exactly — we show you where to look.
Our checks catch the mistakes that get applications sent back: names that don't match the will, tax math that's off by a rounding step, notices sent too late, missing signatures.
3You file them
Your package comes with filing steps written for your courthouse — Ontario courts accept probate applications by email, and we give you the right email address, the required cover form, and the file-naming rules.
The original will still travels on paper. Your instructions say exactly how to get it there.
Then: what happens next, how long it usually takes, and what the court sends you when your certificate is ready. Courts say applications are usually looked at within about 15 business days of filing. Busy offices can take longer — nobody can promise a date.
What's in the package
- ✓The completed official court forms for your application
- ✓A cover checklist made for your courthouse
- ✓Notice letters and a tracking sheet with your dates worked out
- ✓The estate tax worksheet, math shown
- ✓Step-by-step filing instructions
- ✓A "what happens next" timeline with honest expectations
See real sample pages from a package →
Why are the court forms Word files?
The court makes these forms as Word files. We fill the court’s own file, so your papers match exactly what court staff expect.
Your phone can open them with one tap — no Word program needed. iPhones show them on their own; Android opens them with the free Google Docs app.
When you email your application to the court, the court asks for PDF copies. Your "How to file" guide shows the easy way to turn each signed form into a PDF.
Most people do this on a phone — that works fine. You can save your papers one at a time, and your guides come as PDFs.
Watch how it works
A short replay of the real questions — answered for the Bishops, a practice family we test our software with.
A replay with the Bishops, a practice family. Not real people.
Scene 1 of 8Before we start
Did the person who died leave a signed will?
Before we start
Is there more than one will?
Before we start
Does the will name you to be in charge?
The fit check
This estate fits.
The Bishop estate is $85,300 — under the $150,000 small-estate line.
Small estate — $199 + HST.
Free until the end. You pay only at the end, after you check every answer.
Check your answers
You check every answer before we build.
- The person who died
- Eleanor Grace Bishop
- The will is dated
- 14/06/2017
- What the estate is worth
- $85,300
- People who get a share
- 3 people
You can change any answer before anything is built.
We build your papers
Your download folder
- Form 74.1A — the application, filled in
- Form 74.1B — the request to file, filled in
- Form 74.1C — the draft certificate, filled in
- Your checklist, tax worksheet, sending-copies tracking sheet, and filing steps — each as a web page and a PDF
- START-HERE.txt — read this first
The court forms are the court's own official files, filled in — never look-alikes.
The tax worksheet
The tax math, shown in full
The estate is worth $85,300.
The first $50,000 is free: $0.
That leaves $35,300.
Round up to 36 thousands. 36 × $15 = $540.
Tax to pay when you file: $540
That was the path — from the first question to finished papers.
Your questions look exactly like this.
Start the free fit checkFree until you download. No account, no email, and no card until the end.
About 10 minutes in, you'll know if your estate fits. If it's a kind we don't handle — where a lawyer is the right help — we say so plainly, and you pay nothing. Finishing the whole interview takes about 40 minutes with the will, the death certificate, and the asset details in front of you — and you can stop and come back anytime.