Based in Bangor and serves clients throughout Maine, especially Central, Eastern, and Northern Maine. Guides personal representatives from filing the will and notifying creditors through the inventory, accounting, and distribution, advises trustees, and represents parties in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Among the first Maine firms focused on aging Mainers.
Orono is in Penobscot County.
More Conservatorship Firms in Penobscot County
Serves clients across Maine from offices in Bangor and Ellsworth. Guides families through estate and trust administration in and outside probate court, represents fiduciaries or beneficiaries in probate litigation, and handles contested and uncontested guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Professional fiduciary services come through its affiliate, Maine Fiduciary Services.
Serves Cumberland, Penobscot, and Kennebec counties from offices in Portland, Bangor, and Augusta. Its Private Clients & Fiduciary Services group handles estate administration, opens probate estates, appears in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and litigates estate and trust disputes in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut probate courts. It also manages trusts as fiduciary.
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maine
Free Maine forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Maine.
Healthcare Power of Attorney
Maine requires 218-C M.R.S. § 5-805Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required18-C M.R.S. § 5-805Verified Oct 15, 2026View source.
Financial Power of Attorney
Maine treats a power of attorney as durable by default18-C M.R.S. § 5-905, § 5-904, § 5-906, § 5-907, § 5-909, § 5-913, § 5-931, § 5-951Verified Oct 21, 2026View source, and it is signed before a notary18-C M.R.S. § 5-905, § 5-904, § 5-906, § 5-907, § 5-909, § 5-913, § 5-931, § 5-951Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.
Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maine
Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Maine: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Maine.
What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Maine runs $5,390Estimate: 10 hours at $539, Clio's Maine Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $8,085Estimate: 15 hours at $539, Clio's Maine Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $1,029Estimate: 3 hours at $343, Clio's Maine Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $2,058Estimate: 6 hours at $343, Clio's Maine Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in Maine: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days18-C MRSA §§ 3-706, 3-707, 3-708Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 months18-C MRS §§ 3-801, 3-803, 3-805, 3-806Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
