Elder Law Attorneys in Utah

17 elder law firms in Utah, by county and firm type.

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17 firms

Solo PracticeSalt Lake City, UT

Alder Law Group

Serves 2 counties

Salt Lake City estate planning practice of attorney James P. Alder, with offices in Sugarhouse and Bountiful. Handles probate and estate and trust administration: opening the estate, presenting the will, inventorying assets, and paying creditors, alongside guardianships, conservatorships, and Medicaid planning. Initial calls and consultations can be held by telephone or Zoom.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 3216 S. Highland DriveSalt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: (801) 463-2600

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmProvo, UT

Fillmore Spencer LLC

Serves the whole state

Provo firm of about 20 attorneys serving Utah Valley, with offices in Murray, St. George, and Gilbert, Arizona. Assists executors and administrators through probate, helps trustees meet their deadlines and fiduciary duties, defends trust administrators in litigation, and handles guardianships, conservatorships, Medicaid planning, and elder abuse matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more

Office: 3301 North University AvenueProvo, UT 84604
Phone: (801) 426-8200

Free consultation

FirmOgden, UT

Froerer & Miles

Since 1979 · Serves 2 counties

Ogden firm that has practiced in the Weber and Davis County courts since 1979, serving Ogden, Layton, Clinton and Syracuse. Advises executors and administrators through informal and formal probate, small estate affidavits, creditor claims, estate tax returns and distribution, and handles contested will and trust litigation. Bills probate at a flat fee where the case allows.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 6 more

Office: 2661 Washington Blvd, Suite 201Ogden, UT 84401
Phone: (801) 621-2690

Free consultation

Solo PracticeLehi, UT

Gibson Law Firm

Since 2011 · Serves 1 county

Lehi practice of attorney Lance D. Gibson serving families throughout Utah County. Handles probate and estate administration for personal representatives from the initial petition through final distribution, along with trust administration for trustees and conservatorships. Works in English and Mandarin at flat-rate pricing and meets clients by phone, video, or at their home or business.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 3450 N Triumph Blvd, Suite 102Lehi, UT 84043
Phone: (877) 540-4416

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmCedar City, UT

Grant Morris Dodds

Serves 5 counties

Cedar City office of a Nevada estate and probate firm, serving Iron, Kane, Washington, Beaver and Garfield counties through a partnership with W. Kent Corry, who has practiced in the area for over 40 years. Handles probate and the trust administration that follows a death, including creditor notices, specific bequests and estate tax returns. Most matters can be handled virtually.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 415 N Main St, Suite 102-ACedar City, UT 84721
Phone: (435) 447-4011

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmPark City, UT

Haymond Law

Serves 2 counties

Estate planning firm with offices in Park City and Cottonwood Heights, serving Summit County and the Salt Lake Valley. Assists trustees and personal representatives after a death, with or without a trust: asset inventory and valuation, re-titling, qualified disclaimers, Form 706 filings and distribution. Works with blended families, special-needs children and noncitizen family members.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 1526 W Ute Blvd, Suite 203Park City, UT 84098
Phone: (435) 709-5820

FirmSouth Ogden, UT

Helgesen, Houtz & Jones

Since 1982 · Serves 3 counties

Northern Utah firm founded in 1982, with offices in South Ogden and Kaysville serving Weber, Davis and Morgan counties. Guides families through Utah probate, from appointment of a personal representative to payment of debts and transfer of property to heirs, and handles probate disputes over wills, appointments and accountings. Two partners have more than 50 years combined in Utah probate.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 5732 S 1475 E, Suite 200South Ogden, UT 84403
Phone: (801) 479-4777

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmSalt Lake City, UT

Kirton McConkie

Serves 4 counties

Salt Lake City firm with offices downtown, in Lehi and in St. George, plus Boise. Its probate and trusts attorneys handle informal and formal probate, petitions to determine heirs, small-estate affidavits, and trust litigation over trustee breaches and distributions; the estate planning group advises trustees and is often asked to serve as trustee or co-trustee.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 50 E South Temple, Suite 400Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 328-3600

FirmSalt Lake City, UT

Law Office of Penniann J. Schumann PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Salt Lake City office serving Salt Lake City and Park City. Guides personal representatives through probate and estate administration, including accountings, creditor payments and ancillary probate, advises trustees on their fiduciary duties, and represents beneficiaries in disputes with a trustee. Attorney Penniann Schumann administered trusts in Utah and Idaho as a national-bank trust officer.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 2150 S 1300 E, Suite 500Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: (801) 839-4891

FirmSalt Lake City, UT

Lewis Hansen

Serves 1 county

Salt Lake City boutique firm (Lewis Hansen Pleshe, LLC) east of downtown. Takes estates and trusts from the probate filing through creditor notice, marshalling assets, identifying heirs and distribution, and advises trustees and personal representatives; its elder law attorneys handle guardianships, conservatorships and Medicaid planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 8 more

Office: 230 South 500 East, Suite 380Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: (801) 746-6300

Solo PracticeBrigham City, UT

Mann, Hadfield & Thorne, P.C.

Since 1937 · Serves 1 county

Brigham City firm serving Box Elder County since 1937. Handles probate and estate administration, including asset distribution and creditor claims, probate litigation such as will contests and disputes over distributions, and guardianships and conservatorships. Also drafts wills and trusts and advises on Medicaid, elder law and estate tax planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 8 more

Office: 98 N Main StBrigham City, UT 84302
Phone: (435) 723-3404

FirmSt. George, UT

ProvenLaw

Serves 4 counties

St. George firm focused on trust, estate and tax matters, serving Washington, Iron, Kane and Garfield counties. Handles probate and trust administration, including valuing estate assets, managing the estate's tax responsibilities, and defending the estate or heirs in court when disagreements arise. Planning work includes Medicaid planning, special needs trusts and asset protection trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 216 W. St. George Blvd., Suite 200St. George, UT 84770
Phone: (435) 688-9231

Free consultation

Solo PracticeProvo, UT

Randy M. Lish, Attorney at Law

Serves 3 counties

Provo estate planning and elder law practice serving Utah County, with service to Nephi and the Heber Valley. Randy M. Lish has helped clients plan and administer estates since 1982, and his practice covers probate, crisis Medicaid planning, special needs planning, and guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. He was a partner at McCullough, Jones & Ivins from 1982 to 1999.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawConservatorshipand 4 more

Office: 2155 North Freedom Blvd.Provo, UT 84604
Phone: (801) 235-9400

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmSalt Lake City, UT

Ray Quinney & Nebeker

Serves 2 counties

Salt Lake City firm on South State Street with a second office in Provo. Its estate and trust group handles probate of estates, estate and trust administration, fiduciary income tax and estate tax returns, and estate and trust disputes and litigation, alongside wills and trusts. Seven of the group's lawyers are members of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel or Tax Counsel.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 36 South State Street, Suite 1400Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: (801) 532-1500

FirmLehi, UT

Trusted Estate Planning Attorneys, PLLC

Since 1998 · Serves 1 county

Lehi estate planning firm with a second office in Las Vegas, begun in 1998 as the Law Office of Kurt A. Johnson. Guides personal representatives through Utah probate, from the petition and creditor claims to distribution and closing, represents trustees, and handles will contests based on undue influence. Its elder law work covers Medicaid planning, guardianship and conservatorship.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 3387 W Mayflower Ave, Suite 220Lehi, UT 84048
Phone: (801) 252-6001

Free consultation

FirmFarmington, UT

Voyant Legal, PLLC

Since 2012 · Serves 5 counties

Farmington firm founded in 2012, with offices in American Fork, Ogden (by appointment) and Park City, serving Davis and Utah counties. After a death it holds a next-steps meeting with the executor or trustee, then handles probate or trust administration, and its attorneys take select probate litigation matters. Planning work covers special needs trusts and Medicaid planning, billed by flat fee.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 991 Shepard Lane, Suite 210Farmington, UT 84025
Phone: (801) 951-0500

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmSouth Jordan, UT

York Howell

Since 2013 · Serves 1 county

South Jordan firm formed in 2013 by David R. York and Andrew L. Howell, whose estate and tax attorneys hold master's degrees in taxation. Handles probate and trust administration for large and small estates, along with trust and probate litigation, guardianship and conservatorship. Planning work centers on estate and transfer-tax planning, asset protection and charitable giving.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 10610 S Jordan Gateway, Suite 200South Jordan, UT 84095
Phone: (801) 527-1040

Elder law attorneys in Utah work 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; elder law is the subset focused on care planning and benefits eligibility. The Utah healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney forms cover the two instruments.

Federal law, as Utah applies it, sets a 5-year lookback period for Medicaid long-term care eligibility. An uncompensated transfer in the five years before the application (a gift, a transfer to a family member, a transfer to a trust that does not qualify) can trigger a penalty period during which Medicaid does not pay for nursing home care. It is why Medicaid planning starts years before the care is needed, and why elder law exists as its own practice area.

Estate planning attorneys in Utah average $389 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,167 to $2,334 for a simple individual will and $3,580 to $5,370 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Utah will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Utah, estates valued at $100,000 or less skip probate with the Small Estate Affidavit, 30 days after death. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Utah probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Utah, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Elder Law Attorneys in Utah

Elder law attorneys in Utah charge $360 per hour, focused on Medicaid planning, long-term care funding, guardianship, and asset protection for aging families. The work is often time-sensitive: Medicaid eligibility has a 5-year lookback period, so planning typically needs to start well before nursing home care is needed.

Utah attorneys average $389 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,167–$2,334; online services cost $30–$300.

Utah runs a conventional probate system, so the decision to hire an attorney usually comes down to general factors: blended families, business ownership, special-needs dependents, or property in multiple states. If none of those apply, simpler tools are often enough.

Worth knowing: estates under $100,000 can use Utah's simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. If your situation is straightforward and the estate fits, you may not need an attorney at all.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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Data sourced from Utah statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Utah

Free Utah forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Utah requires 1 witness for a healthcare power of attorney; notarization is not required.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Utah treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed before a notary.

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Last Will and Testament

In Utah, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Utah

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Utah: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Utah runs $3,580 to $5,370 and a simple will $1,167 to $2,334, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Utah costs an estimated $27,719 and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate. Estates under $100,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Utah takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Utah automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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