Serves Kennebec County from State Street in Augusta. Concentrates on probate and fiduciary law, including adult guardianships and conservatorships for people with diminished capacity, estates, wills, and elder law. A family practice formed in 1988 in an office first opened in 1959; it is not taking new litigation clients.
Winthrop is in Kennebec County.
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Serves clients throughout Maine from Waterville. Assists personal representatives with probate administration, including the inventory, accounting and distribution of estate assets, works with trustees to administer trusts, and handles guardianships, conservatorships and MaineCare long-term care applications. The firm is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Serves Cumberland and Kennebec counties from offices in Portland and Augusta, with its Trusts & Estates group in Portland. Handles estate administration, trust administration including trustee appointments, accountings, and nonjudicial settlement agreements, and probate litigation over guardianships, conservatorships, and disputed wills and trusts. Its attorneys also serve as trustees.
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.
Probate in Kennebec County
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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.
