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Elder law attorneys in Kansas focus on the legal issues facing aging adults and their families: Medicaid planning for long-term care, drafting and updating durable powers of attorney and healthcare directives, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, special needs trusts, and asset protection. Many also handle probate and estate planning, but elder law is the specific subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. See the Kansas healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms.
Federal law (and Kansas's implementation) imposes a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. Any uncompensated transfers (gifts, transfers to family members, transfers to a non-Medicaid-qualified trust) within the 5 years before applying for Medicaid can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid won't pay for nursing home care. This is the main reason Medicaid planning needs to start years before care is actually needed — and the main reason elder law attorneys exist as a distinct practice area.
Estate planning attorneys in Kansas average $326 per hourClio Legal Trends Report 2025Verified Jan 1, 2025 for wills and estates work. Flat-fee packages run roughly $978–$1,956 for a simple individual will and $3,310–$4,965 for a basic revocable trust. Online and DIY services cost $30–$300 for the same documents — see the will cost calculator for a side-by-side comparison.
Kansas allows estates under $75,000 to use a simplified Small Estate Affidavit procedure, which is a form rather than a court case and typically doesn't require an attorney. For larger estates, formal probate is involved enough that retaining counsel is usually practical — the procedural work is what they're there for. Use the Kansas probate calculator to estimate the costs.
In Kansas, the situations where retaining counsel is typically worth the cost are: blended families with children from prior relationships; ownership of a business, rental property, or significant investment assets; special-needs dependents who need a special-needs trust to preserve benefits; substantial property held in multiple states. If none of these describe your situation, the simpler online and DIY tools are often enough.
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19 firms
Serving Lawrence and surrounding Kansas areas since 1991. Scott Stockwell provides estate planning, probate, elder law, and real estate services to clients in Douglas County, Jefferson County, and neighboring communities including Oskaloosa and Perry.
Location
810 Pennsylvania St, Ste 211Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone
(785) 842-1359
Established
1991
Service Area
1 county
Ottawa firm serving Franklin and Miami counties and the surrounding capital region, with the Franklin County district court nearby. Handles estate planning built to avoid probate, estate and trust administration, and elder law, and also takes energy, business, and litigation matters. Draws on more than 150 years of combined attorney experience and offers a free initial consultation.
Location
216 S. HickoryOttawa, KS 66067
Phone
(785) 521-3238
Service Area
2 counties
A 12-attorney Salina firm serving Saline, Lincoln, and surrounding north-central Kansas counties, a short walk from the Saline County district court. Handles probate and trust administration, will and trust drafting, and long-term-care and Medicaid planning, and counsels executors and trustees on wealth transfer and asset protection. Practicing in Salina since 1946.
Location
129 S. Eighth StreetSalina, KS 67401
Phone
(785) 823-6325
Established
1946
Service Area
2 counties
75 years of combined legal experience serving Osborne and Smith counties from offices in both communities. Handles estate planning, probate, wills, trusts, elder law, real estate, and agricultural law.
Location
115 S 1st StOsborne, KS 67473
Phone
(785) 346-2157
Service Area
2 counties
Over 100 years of continuous practice in Hutchinson. Provides estate planning, probate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, and elder law services to Reno County and surrounding communities.
Location
129 W 2nd AveHutchinson, KS 67501
Phone
(620) 663-7131
Service Area
1 county
Founded in 1919 and the largest Kansas-based law firm, Foulston Siefkin runs an estate planning and probate group from its Wichita, Topeka, and Overland Park offices, serving clients statewide. Attorneys administer estates and trusts through probate, handle incapacity and tax-minimization planning, plan farm and business succession, and litigate trust and estate disputes.
Location
1551 N. Waterfront Parkway, Suite 100Wichita, KS 67206
Phone
(316) 267-6371
Established
1919
Service Area
Statewide
Gaughan & Connealy is an Overland Park estate planning and elder law firm serving Johnson County and the Kansas City metro across Kansas and Missouri. The firm builds revocable and special needs trusts to keep families out of probate, handles trust administration and probate after a death, and plans for Medicaid eligibility and business succession. It offers free consultations to clients.
Location
4400 College Boulevard, Suite 190Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone
(913) 262-2000
Service Area
1 county
Devoted exclusively to estate planning, agricultural and business planning. Serves Kansas from offices in Manhattan, Garden City, Hugoton, Elkhart, Overland Park, Hutchinson, and Norton. Specializes in wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, farm succession, charitable planning, and asset protection. Licensed in KS, MO, OK, TX, CO, and ND.
Location
1501 E Fulton St, Suite 3Garden City, KS 67846
Phone
(785) 565-0104
Established
2014
Service Area
3 counties
Mark A. Guilfoyle has practiced law in Abilene since 1982, providing over 40 years of estate planning, probate, elder law, wills and trusts, and trust litigation services to Dickinson County residents.
Location
306 NW 2nd StAbilene, KS 67410
Phone
(785) 263-3070
Service Area
1 county
Serving rural Kansas communities with estate planning, wills, trusts, elder law, and agricultural law. Offers flexible in-person, phone, and video consultations across Lyon, Geary, Marion, and Greenwood counties.
Location
605 Lincoln StEmporia, KS 66801
Phone
(620) 263-0391
Service Area
6 counties