Probate in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Probate Court Record

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Superior Court

Ketchikan Gateway Borough · 1st Judicial District

Hours

Monday, Wednesday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM; Tuesday 8:00 AM-3:30 PM

Office

415 Main Street, Room 400, Ketchikan, AK 99901

Self-represented filing

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Verified October 15, 2026 · Source

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Conservatorship Firms Serving Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Downtown Anchorage firm representing personal representatives and heirs through contested and uncontested probate in the Third Judicial District court, taking matters from anywhere in the state — Mat-Su Valley to Juneau to Utqiagvik. Also handles small-estate affidavits of collection, ancillary probate for out-of-state decedents, trust administration, and contested guardianships.

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Anchorage firm led by Constance A. Aschenbrenner, founded in July 2008 and serving Alaskans throughout the state with remote appointments by Zoom or phone. Drafts wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, and special needs trusts, and handles Medicaid and long-term care planning, guardianship and conservatorship, and estate administration. Runs free educational estate planning workshops.

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Wasilla practice on Seward Meridian Parkway serving clients in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley. Offers probate services to families settling an estate and helps trustees administer a trust: inventorying assets, paying debts, and distributing to the beneficiaries. Attorney Tayva Taylor also guides families through the probate court's appointment of a guardian or conservator.

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Anchorage firm on L Street providing probate court services in Anchorage and throughout Alaska. Advises executors and administrators on filing the will, appointment and bond, collecting and valuing assets, paying creditors and estate taxes, and locating beneficiaries, and often takes on those duties itself. Represents the estate or its fiduciary in will challenges and disputes among beneficiaries.

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Fairbanks firm on Fourth Avenue, formerly Cook, Schuhmann & Groseclose, founded in 1957 and working before the Fourth Judicial District courts. Its attorneys handle probate, estate planning, trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships alongside family law, real estate, and civil litigation. Three attorneys practice at what the firm describes as the largest law firm in interior Alaska.

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Serves clients across Alaska from an Anchorage office on Blueberry Road, often by phone and video. Administers probate estates and trusts for personal representatives and trustees, including estate settlement, distribution, and beneficiary representation, and litigates will contests and estate and trust disputes. Also prepares wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.

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