Kevin L. Miller serves Oklahoma City with estate planning, probate, and elder law, including special-needs planning, over more than 35 years of practice. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Oklahoma City is in Oklahoma County.
Probate in Oklahoma County
Probate Court Record
Oklahoma County District Court
Oklahoma County · 7th Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Office
320 Robert S. Kerr Avenue, Room 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
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Allowed
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oklahoma
Free Oklahoma forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Oklahoma.
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Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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Healthcare Power of Attorney
Oklahoma requires 263 Okla. Stat. § 3101.4(C)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required63 Okla. Stat. § 3101.4(C)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source.
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Financial Power of Attorney
Oklahoma treats a power of attorney as durable by default58 O.S. § 3001 et seq. (Title 58, Chapter 29); 16 O.S. § 20Verified Sep 20, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement58 O.S. § 3001 et seq. (Title 58, Chapter 29); 16 O.S. § 20Verified Sep 20, 2026View source.
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Last Will and Testament
In Oklahoma, a will is signed before 284 O.S. § 55Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony84 O.S. § 55Verified Oct 19, 2026View source.
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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oklahoma
Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Oklahoma: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Oklahoma.
What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Oklahoma runs $2,730Estimate: 10 hours at $273, Clio's Oklahoma Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,095Estimate: 15 hours at $273, Clio's Oklahoma Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $888Estimate: 3 hours at $296, Clio's Oklahoma Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $1,776Estimate: 6 hours at $296, Clio's Oklahoma 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.
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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?
In Oklahoma, four years at a public university cost about $77,752NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 330.20, public 4-year in-state tuition, fees, room and board, academic year 2022-23Verified Oct 17, 2026View source and the cost of living is 12% below the U.S. averageBEA Regional Price Parities, all items, by state, 2024Verified Oct 17, 2026View source; no state estate or inheritance tax appliesNo state estate or inheritance tax. Oklahoma's estate tax was repealed for deaths on or after January 1, 2010 — 68 O.S. §§ 801–803, 805–825 repealed by Laws 2006, 2nd Extra. Sess., c. 42, § 6 (HB 1172). Only the inert federal-credit pickup shell (§ 804, $0 since the 26 U.S.C. § 2011 credit was zeroed out) and the lien-release provision (§ 804.1) remain codified; neither imposes tax.Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Oklahoma costs an estimated $23,29958 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 1.7%Modeled estimate under 58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%Modeled estimate under 58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate. Estates under $50,00058 O.S. § 393Verified Sep 8, 2026View source can use a small-estate procedure instead.
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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?
Probate in Oklahoma takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.7%Modeled estimate under 58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%Modeled estimate under 58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness): the hours the statutory fee schedules imply, at the state's surveyed hourly rateVerified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?
Oklahoma automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce84 O.S. § 114 (wills); 15 O.S. § 178 (beneficiary designations)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
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