Downtown Anchorage firm on L Street working estates through the Third Judicial District court. Handles informal and formal probate, trust and estate administration, probate disputes and will contests, and guardianships and conservatorships, alongside wills, trusts, and elder-law planning. Founding partner Leonard R. Anderson sits on Alaska's Probate Rules Committee.
Probate in Matanuska-Susitna Borough
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough Superior Court
Matanuska-Susitna Borough · 3rd Judicial District
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Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
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435 South Denali Street, Palmer, AK 99645
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Conservatorship Firms Serving Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Anchorage firm (BF Quackenbush Law) practicing in Alaska's Third Judicial District, with an office also in Vancouver, Washington. Its probate and estate planning department guides executors and administrators through probate, represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust disputes and will contests, and handles guardianships and conservatorships. Offers a free consultation for estates cases.
Anchorage firm on West Seventh Avenue handling probate and post-death administration of revocable trusts, affidavits of collection and heirship, ancillary probate, and federal estate tax returns for personal representatives and trustees. Robert Manley, who opened the firm with Peter Brautigam in 2004, is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Anchorage firm handling formal and informal probate: appointment of the personal representative, the inventory, notice to creditors, creditor claims, and final distribution, plus will disputes and wrongful death claims brought by the estate. Also drafts revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, wills, and powers of attorney, and handles guardianship and conservatorship.
Anchorage estate firm where Tonja Woelber has helped families plan for over 30 years. Handles probate and trust administration and litigation, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Woelber has chaired or co-chaired the Alaska Bar's Estate Planning and Probate Section three times.
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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