# LegalPulse Estate Planning Guide

> LegalPulse Estate Planning Guide is a paid API for AI agents from legalpulse-rho.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns state-specific estate planning guidance covering will vs. trust comparisons, probate thresholds, checklists, avoidance tools, and cost estimates

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://legalpulse-rho.vercel.app/api/legal/estate
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/legalpulse-estate-planning-guide-31247a72
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5oRX5oduJi0S41fu6ZmiT

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability legalpulse-estate-planning-guide-31247a72
```

Example prompt: Can you walk me through the estate planning options in Texas — specifically whether I should get a will or a living trust, what the probate threshold is, what tools I can use to avoid probate, and roughly what it would all cost?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user needs actionable, state-specific estate planning information — especially comparisons between wills and trusts, understanding probate thresholds, or building a planning checklist — rather than a generic legal reference or attorney consultation service

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported or unrecognized US state returns an error or empty result
- Request missing a state parameter may return generic rather than state-specific guidance
- Service may not cover territories or non-US jurisdictions
- Content may be outdated if state statutes have changed recently

## How this service works

Estate planning guidance and will vs trust comparison: state probate thresholds, probate-avoidance tools, estate-tax limits, power of attorney, beneficiary updates, and digital-asset planning, with a step-by-step checklist and cost estimates by state. For estate and legal agents.

## Output

A structured breakdown covering the will vs. trust decision, the state's probate threshold, a state-specific estate planning checklist, recommended probate avoidance tools (e.g. TOD designations, joint tenancy, living trusts), and estimated costs for each approach

## Example request

```json
{
 "state": "Texas"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "CA | TX | NY | FL | IL | WA | CO"
      },
      "situation": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "basic-will | trust | power-of-attorney | probate | estate-tax | beneficiary-update | digital-assets"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "cost_estimate": "$1,500-$3,500 attorney fees",
  "documents_needed": [
   "Revocable Living Trust",
   "Pour-over Will",
   "Durable Power of Attorney",
   "Healthcare Directive"
  ],
  "probate_threshold": "$184,500 (CA) — trust avoids probate",
  "estate_tax_threshold": 13610000
 }
}
```

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