TIER 2 SECTOR COVERAGE

Estate and Probate

Volume XXVI of the Sector Coverage Series

For trusts-and-estates counsel, private-bank fiduciary teams, family-office administrators, and independent investigators retained by executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and their insurers.

TIER Tier 2 · Professional Reference
PRICE $227 / monthly
COVERAGE 100 investigative playbooks across 24 categories
DELIVERY Secure dispatch within 24–36 hrs

Professional Reference Material

These playbooks are professional reference material intended for licensed investigators. They are not legal advice. Investigators are responsible for compliance with the laws of their jurisdiction and the specific requirements of their clients and cases.

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The TALON Difference

Every playbook in this platform is built against TALON, the proprietary defensive-operations doctrine developed inside The Investigator's Desk over years of federal investigative practice.

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Actor-model analysis

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Reverse trace

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Artifact mapping

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evidence econstruction

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Estate and Probate, At a Glance

100

Investigative Playbooks

24

Categories

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FULL PLAYBOOK LISTING

The 100 Estate and Probate Playbooks

The full catalog is listed below by category. Each entry is a standalone playbook covering the case type named.

  • 01 · Heir, Beneficiary Searches, and Status Verification

    • Missing heir investigation

    • Forensic genealogy for estates investigation

    • Escheat prevention investigation

    • International heir searches

    • Adopted-out and biological family heir searches

    • Sperm and egg donor heir claim investigation

    • Beneficiary status verification investigation

  • 02 · Hidden Asset Discovery and Sanctions

    • Hidden asset searches

    • Offshore asset and foreign account investigation

    • Missing life insurance policy investigation

    • Estate sanctions investigation

  • 03 · Undue Influence and Capacity

    • Undue influence investigation

    • Testamentary capacity investigation

    • Deed transfer under duress investigation

    • Second spouse and stepparent influence investigation

    • Predatory marriage investigation

  • 04 · Contested Wills, Trusts, and Charitable Bequest

    • Will and trust contest fact investigation

    • Fraud in execution investigation

    • Prior will discovery investigation

    • Charitable bequest and CRT/CLT contest investigation

  • 05 · Fiduciary Misconduct

    • Executor and personal representative misconduct investigation

    • Trustee misconduct investigation

    • Trustee and executor embezzlement investigation

    • Public administrator misconduct investigation

    • Corporate trustee misconduct investigation

  • 06 · Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Minor Guardianship

    • Guardianship abuse investigation

    • Professional guardian misconduct investigation

    • Restoration of rights fact investigation

    • Contested guardianship investigation

    • Court visitor and court investigator support work investigation

    • Contested guardianship of minor children investigation

  • 07 · Elder Financial Exploitation

    • Elder financial abuse investigation

    • Romance scam and sweetheart scam investigation targeting elders

    • Power of attorney abuse investigation

    • Pig butchering scam investigation

    • Estate planning attorney and CPA exploitation investigation

    • Reverse mortgage exploitation on elders investigation

    • Elder deed transfer fraud investigation

    • HELOC exploitation on elders investigation

  • 08 · Slayer Statute and Suspicious Death

    • Slayer statute investigation

    • Nursing home suspicious death civil investigation

  • 09 · Family Conflict, Secret Heir, and Disputes

    • Secret family investigation

    • Prior marriage discovery investigation

    • Common law marriage investigation

    • Family conflict fact investigation

    • Prenuptial and postnuptial agreement fact investigation

  • 10 · Estate Real Estate, Collections, and Heirlooms

    • Estate property sale fraud investigation

    • Vacation home and family compound dispute investigation

    • Farm and ranch inheritance investigation

    • Mineral rights and royalty inheritance investigation

    • Estate collections and heirlooms investigation

  • 11 · Life Insurance, Annuity, and Pension (Estate-Side)

    • Beneficiary change investigation

    • Missing annuity investigation

  • 12 · Family Business Succession

    • Family business succession dispute investigation

    • Buy-sell agreement dispute investigation

    • Business valuation fraud for estate tax investigation

  • 13 · International Estate, Inheritance, and Asset Protection

    • International estate fact investigation

    • International trust structure fraud investigation

    • Cross-border inheritance tax and estate fact investigation

  • 14 · Family Office and HNW-Specific

    • Family office staff investigation

    • Family attorney misconduct investigation

    • Estate planner malpractice investigation

  • 15 · Reputational Diligence for Estate Planning

    • Trustee, executor, and corporate fiduciary candidate background investigation

    • Household staff pre-employment backgrounds

  • 16 · Digital and Cryptocurrency Estate

    • Cryptocurrency wallet discovery and recovery investigation

    • Social media legacy investigation

  • 17 · Probate and Document Fraud

    • Probate fraud investigation

    • Post-death document fraud investigation

  • 18 · HR and Workplace (Family Office and Estate Services Firm)

    • Domestic staff misconduct investigation

    • Family office and household staff contractor misclassification defense investigation

    • Family office union organizing countermeasures investigation

    • Estate services firm sexual harassment and workplace misconduct investigation

    • Estate services firm workplace violence and threat assessments

    • Estate services firm discrimination and EEOC investigation

    • Estate services firm substance abuse and impairment investigation

  • 19 · Executive Protection (Estate-Specific)

    • Beneficiary and heir protection investigation

    • Family office HNW protective intelligence investigation

    • Estate-inheritance-triggered stalker and doxxing investigation

  • 20 · Bankruptcy Trustee Support

    • Bankruptcy trustee fraudulent transfer investigation

    • Domestic asset protection trust (DAPT) piercing investigation

    • Fraudulent conveyance to trust investigation

  • 21 · Litigation Support (Estate-Specific)

    • Estate litigation fact investigation

    • Elder abuse civil litigation investigation

    • Malpractice litigation against estate attorneys, CPAs, and fiduciaries investigation

    • Estate and probate expert witness sourcing

    • Document authentication investigation

    • Estate contract dispute investigation

    • Estate insurance recovery litigation support investigation

  • 22 · Corporate Internal Fraud (Estate/Probate-Specific)

    • Trust company and estate services firm employee embezzlement investigation

    • Estate services expense and T&E fraud investigation

    • Estate services vendor kickback investigation

    • Estate services fictitious vendor investigation

  • 23 · Cybersecurity (Estate-Specific)

    • Estate services cybersecurity incident response investigation

    • Estate services ransomware response investigation

    • Estate services BEC recovery investigation

    • Estate services PII and account data exfiltration investigation

  • 24 · Modern and Emerging

    • AI-generated fake will and codicil investigation

    • Deepfake beneficiary and heir impersonation investigation

    • NFT estate and digital collectibles inheritance investigation

    • Generative AI estate planning fraud investigation

ADJACENT COVERAGE

Where Estate and Probate Meets the Rest of the Catalog

Estate and Probate investigations regularly cross into adjacent sectors. The volumes listed below carry the framework and playbooks that most often surface alongside an estate and probate matter. Tier 2 subscribers have access to every volume; the cross-references identify where to look first.

Volume II · Banking

Trust-department fraud, beneficiary disputes with bank fiduciaries, private-bank trust matters

Volume VII · Healthcare

Capacity and undue-influence matters intersecting with medical records and treating physicians

Volume XV · Insurance

Life-insurance beneficiary disputes, trust-owned life-insurance matters

Volume XIX · Real Estate

Inherited-property disputes, deceased-owner deed exploitation, missing-heir workups

Volume XXII · Fine Art

Estate art-valuation disputes, contested-collection matters, restitution through estates

Volume XXIV · Nonprofit

Charitable-bequest disputes, donor-legacy matters, charitable-trust administration investigations

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS AND DELIVERY

What Ships & How

Two Documents Per Case Request

Operational Playbook

The doctrinal chapter: case overview, business and practice framework, investigative blueprint with step cards covering purpose, actions, output, restrictions, and gates, evidence considerations, interview strategy, report considerations, common mistakes, a tabletop exercise with worked answers, closing take, and the case-specific Client Communication Pack of email templates for every touchpoint from proposal through invoicing.

TALON Brief

The actor model for the case typology, the artifact map, and the reverse-trace sequence. This is the doctrine layer that tells the investigator not just what to do, but why those steps in that order, grounded in how actors in that typology actually operate.

Universal Forms

25 universal forms are provided separately as a one-time subscriber download.

Delivery Framework

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Maximum → 3 playbooks / rolling 7 days

Monthly reports → scheduled delivery

Quarterly report → scheduled delivery

On-Demand Reports → separate purchase