Missing Heir Found
New York City, NY
Level II First Cousin
HeirSearch™ research experts work with executors, administrators, trustees, fiduciaries, bank and trust officers, and their counsel to establish kinship for legal purposes. Since 1967, we’ve used forensic genealogy, an analytical research method, to successfully complete tens of thousands of worldwide searches.
Our five-pillar approach ensures reasonable, non-percentage-based fees, authorized search services, a 97% success rate, documented court-ready reports and worldwide service.
Since 1967, we’ve specialized in providing forensic genealogy services to the legal and trust professions.
Forensic genealogy is an analytical research method used to establish kinship for legal purposes. HeirSearch™ experts conduct thorough and unbiased research, complete with court-ready reporting and expert testimony.
At HeirSearch, we hold ourselves to the highest professional and ethical standards. We Find Missing Heirs A Better Way®.
Our fees are quoted in advance and determined by a set fee schedule based on the type of search and your requirements – never as a percentage of the trust or estate.
Significant windfall rewards are available for heir hunters, who frequently start unauthorized searches without client consent or contractual arrangement. Our reasonable fees are always quoted in advance, and we never initiate an independent search. Our experience has shown that courts look more favourably on agreements with heir search firms when the cost of the search is known in advance.
A combination of specialized education, training and experience makes our research experts highly qualified to find missing heirs and beneficiaries. Since 1967, this knowledge and expertise has resulted in an average success rate of 97%.
Our final report provides clear and convincing evidence, suitable for an exhibit in court proceedings. We include all available supporting documentation in a concise, easy-to-read format.
HeirSearch has successfully located tens of thousands of missing heirs and lost beneficiaries in more than 65 countries. Regardless of the location of the missing heirs or amount of information available on them, our in-house knowledge and international expertise means we succeed where other search firms often fail.
We use our professional expertise to identify, locate, prove and report known and unknown heirs or beneficiaries, both domestically and internationally.
We help clients fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in providing notice to heirs by supplying current contact information (or the results of our due diligence search efforts) in order to provide notice of estate or trust matters.
We identify, locate, prove and report heirs or beneficiaries on matters related to Clear and Quiet Title Actions and Property Ownership.
Having worked with HeirSearch now on two different projects, I can say I am more than satisfied. You all are the best!
Spruce Pine, NC
Attorney
Dec 10, 2019
We greatly appreciate the work that was done, the experience went very well. We will keep you in mind for future needs.
Allen Park, MI
Guardian ad Litem
Nov 20, 2019
Thank you. We are certainly appreciative of your success in finding the heir, and will use you if we ever have this situation come up again.
Wilmington, NC
Paralegal
Sep 27, 2019
I am so impressed and very grateful for your hard work on this file. It never ceases to amaze me what you all come up with on these deals. I appreciate you!
Waxahachie, TX
Attorney
Jul 24, 2019
Thanks again for your firm’s work on the Trust for us. We were very pleased with the thoroughness of the search and the report you all provided and I will certainly be happy to work with you all again in the future should we require the services.
St. Louis, MO
Trust Officer
Jul 23, 2019
Our law firm is small. I am the attorney who is the partner in charge of wills and trusts, etc. We work by referral only and as a result do not often encounter heirship issues. But we were satisfied with your work and would use your company again if needed.
Lombard, IL
Attorney
Jul 22, 2019
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