For North Carolina · In development
Settling an estate is a year of paperwork at the worst possible time. Kedos carries it.
When someone dies in North Carolina, someone they trusted inherits a second job — courts, forms, creditor notices, a year of deadlines. Kedos is software, built alongside a North Carolina estate attorney, that will carry that job from first filing to final account.
Kedos (KEE-dos) · Early access opens to NC attorneys first
What settling an estate actually takes
In North Carolina, settling an estate runs through the clerk of superior court — a process most people meet exactly once, with no practice and little margin for error. It is not one task. It is a procession of them, each with its own form, its own deadline, and its own way of going sideways.
- An inventory of everything the person owned, filed with the court within three months of qualifying.
- Published notice to creditors, then a claims window that holds the estate open for months before anyone can be paid out.
- An account to the clerk — to the penny — every year the estate stays open, and a final one before the executor is discharged.
Most executors do all of this while grieving, between work and family, for the first time in their lives. Most attorneys who help them absorb clerical weight at hours the work can't justify. That is the problem Kedos exists for.
What Kedos will be
We're not showing screens yet. But the shape of it is settled.
- It knows the process. North Carolina's, specifically — the statute, the forms, the sequence, and what the clerk expects at each step.
- It does the paperwork. Filings and notices prepared from what you've already provided, ready for review — not another blank PDF and a good luck.
- It keeps everyone steady. Executor, attorney, family — each sees what's done, what's next, and what's needed from them. Nothing more, nothing louder.
And always with an attorney in the loop. Kedos is software; judgment stays human.
Built for North Carolina first
Estate administration is state law, and generic tools show it. Kedos is being built statute-first for North Carolina — G.S. Chapter 28A, the AOC forms, the clerk's audit, the year's allowance, the small-estate routes — before it goes anywhere else.
It's the work of two brothers-in-law: a product builder and a North Carolina estate-administration attorney who kept watching families and firms drown in the same paperwork. The story, and the name →
Free, whether or not you ever use Kedos
While we build: the guides
The statute doesn't come with instructions, so we're writing them — plain-English guides to settling an estate in North Carolina, cited to the law and kept current.
How the North Carolina Probate Process Works, Step by Step
From the first filing at the clerk of superior court to the order that discharges you, here is what happens at every stage of a North Carolina estate — with the statute and form behind each step.
Read the guide → NC guideExecutor First Steps in North Carolina: The First 30 Days
Your first court deadline is months away, but the first month still has an order — here it is, from death certificates to your first filings at the clerk's office.
Read the guide → NC guideThe Year's Allowance in North Carolina: 2026 Amounts and Rules
The first $60,000 a surviving spouse can claim moves through one short petition at the clerk's office — ahead of every creditor, and often without opening probate at all.
Read the guide →Early access
Be early
Kedos opens first to a small group of North Carolina attorneys; executors and families follow. Leave your name and we'll tell you when it's your turn.