Free Kansas forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
In Kansas, a will is signed before 2K.S.A. § 59-606Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyK.S.A. § 59-606Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Kansas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2K.S.A. 58-632Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses or a notary.
Kansas requires explicit durability language for a power of attorney to survive incapacityK.S.A. §§ 58-650 through 58-665Verified Sep 18, 2026View source, and it is signed before a notaryK.S.A. §§ 58-650 through 58-665Verified Sep 18, 2026View source.
In Kansas, a pour-over will is signed before 2K.S.A. § 59-606Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
In Kansas, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notaryK.S.A. 59-3501 to 59-3507Verified Oct 18, 2026View source, then recorded with the county before the owner's deathK.S.A. 59-3501 to 59-3507Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Kansas: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
In Kansas, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 1.8%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.9%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
Probate in Kansas takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.8%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.9%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Kansas runs $3,310Estimate: 10 hours at $331, Clio's Kansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,965Estimate: 15 hours at $331, Clio's Kansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source and a simple will $978Estimate: 3 hours at $326, Clio's Kansas Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $1,956Estimate: 6 hours at $326, Clio's Kansas 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.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Kansas costs an estimated $25,212K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Attorney fees run 1.8%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.9%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
Kansas automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceK.S.A. § 59-610; § 59-105Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
Probate on a $500,000 estate in Kansas costs an estimated $25,212K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 1.8%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.9%K.S.A. 59-1717 (fiduciary and attorney compensation "just and reasonable"; no statutory percentage)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate. Estates under $75,000K.S.A. 59-1507bVerified Sep 8, 2026View source can use a small-estate procedure instead.
85 estate planning firms in Kansas, by county and firm type.
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FirmGoodland, KS
Goodland practice of Jacob D. Kling and Jerry D. Fairbanks at 1112 Main Ave in Sherman County, northwest Kansas. Mr. Fairbanks was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1976 and Mr. Kling in 2015.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness SuccessionFarm Ranch Planning
FirmWichita, KS
A Wichita firm in the Epic Center downtown, Fleeson handles estate and trust matters for Sedgwick County families. Its trusts-and-estates group drafts wills and trusts, advises executors and trustees through administration, seeks guardianships and conservatorships, and litigates will contests and trust disputes. C.H. Brooks founded the firm in Wichita in 1886.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
FirmPittsburg, KS
Serves Southeast Kansas, including Fort Scott, Columbus, Independence, and Chanute, from offices in Pittsburg and Parsons. Handles probate administration and contested-will litigation for families settling an estate, along with trust creation and estate planning. Kyle Fleming, with an accounting background, has practiced in Pittsburg since 2000; Meghan McEvoy also practices with the firm.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationAsset ProtectionWills Trusts
FirmHutchinson, KS
Hutchinson firm that has served Reno County for over 100 years and now serves all of Kansas through a video-conference virtual office. Its estate team handles probate and trust administration, probate and trust litigation, wills and trusts, and farm succession planning, and its elder law work covers guardianship and Medicaid. Lauren Alvidrez leads the estate planning practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
FirmWichita, KS
Established in 1919, Foulston Siefkin runs an Estate Planning and Probate group from its Wichita, Topeka and Overland Park offices. The group administers large estates and trusts, represents fiduciaries, beneficiaries, guardians and conservators, and litigates will contests and trust construction suits. It also plans farm and closely held business succession.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 11 more
FirmOverland Park, KS
Gates Shields works from Overland Park in Johnson County, with a second office in Liberty, Missouri. Its attorneys open probate estates, distribute estate and trust assets, guide trustees, and handle will contests, guardianships and conservatorships for estates of all sizes. The initial consultation on estate planning and probate matters is free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
FirmOverland Park, KS
Overland Park estate planning and elder law firm of Chris Gaughan and Casey Connealy, serving the Kansas City area in Kansas and Missouri. Represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust administration after a death, handles probate, and plans living trusts, special needs trusts, Medicaid eligibility and business succession. The two co-wrote Midwest Estate Planning: A Guide for Your Family.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
FirmHutchinson, KS
Hutchinson firm in Reno County, founded in 2018, whose estate planning practice prepares wills, trusts and incapacity and long-term-care planning for families and owners of closely held businesses. Its six attorneys also handle civil litigation, family, business and health care law; Stan Hill, a former Kansas district judge, works in agricultural law, elder law and estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningElder LawWills Trusts
FirmNewton, KS
Gillmore & Wilson is a Newton firm that has served Harvey County since 1945, earlier as Spear & Stroberg and as Sizemore, Burns & Gillmore. Associate attorney Caroline E. Kordes takes new estate planning and probate matters, guardianships and conservatorships. A. James Gillmore, with over 40 years of trusts, wills and probate work, mentors in the office but takes no new cases.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipWills Trusts
FirmGarden City, KS
Estate and business planning firm serving Kansas from offices in Manhattan, Elkhart, Hugoton, Hutchinson, Garden City, Overland Park, and Norton. Handles probate and trust administration for families after a death, alongside wills, trusts, farm and ranch planning, business succession, and Medicaid planning. Formed in 2014 through the merger of a Manhattan practice and an Elkhart practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 8 more
FirmSmith Center, KS
Smith Center firm of partners Kyle Allen and Shannon McDowell, which has represented clients in Kansas for over two decades and in Nebraska for over a decade. Handles estate and probate law, from estate planning to advising heirs who have inherited property, alongside agricultural, real estate, family and corporate work.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateAgricultural LawBusiness Lawand 2 more
Solo PracticeSalina, KS
Downtown Salina practice of Robert G. German, who has practiced in Salina for over 40 years and primarily serves Saline County and surrounding central Kansas communities. Helps families administer estates and resolve probate matters, and drafts wills, trusts and estate plans alongside real estate and bankruptcy work. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBankruptcyCriminal Defenseand 2 more
Solo PracticeSalina, KS
Salina practice of attorney and certified public accountant Daniel K. Diederich, practicing law since 1983, who has prepared over 1,500 living trust estate plans. Drafts wills and trusts with estate tax planning and asset protection, and holds estate planning seminars throughout the state. Consultations on estate planning are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTax PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness Lawand 2 more
Solo PracticeWichita, KS
Wichita estate practice that Kari Coultis founded in 2009, serving clients across Kansas from an office on North Rock Road. Guides families through probate, from validating the will to distributing assets, and through trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, alongside wills, trusts, special needs and long-term care Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 4 more
Solo PracticeHiawatha, KS
Hiawatha solo practice of Christopher C. Halbert, who has practiced out of northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska since 2003 and is admitted in both states. Handles estate planning and administration, wills, trusts and probate alongside real estate, business, agricultural and Indian law. He also serves as Tribal Attorney for the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
FirmPratt, KS
Hanson, Beverlin & Moore practices near the Pratt County courthouse and takes clients from Pratt, Stafford, Comanche, Kingman, Harper, Barber, Kiowa and Edwards counties. The firm handles probate and estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and transfer-on-death deeds, along with real estate and oil and gas work.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
FirmSalina, KS
Salina firm in the United Building downtown, opened in 1885 as Bishop & Burch and described by the firm as the oldest continuously operating law firm in Kansas. Its estate planning and probate attorneys represent families before the probate courts on the appointment of executors, guardians and conservators, and draft wills, trusts and farm and business succession plans.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipand 2 more
Solo PracticeEmporia, KS
Emporia practice of founding attorney Chris Ambrose, serving the Flint Hills and rural Kansas, mostly in Lyon, Chase, Butler, Coffey, Dickinson, Geary, Greenwood, Marion, Morris and Osage counties. Handles probate and estate administration alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and planning for individuals with special needs. Meets clients in person, by phone or by web conference.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateSpecial Needs PlanningWills Trusts
Solo PracticeOverland Park, KS
Kyle E. Krull's Overland Park estate planning practice serves the greater Kansas City area, including Johnson County; Krull is also admitted in Missouri. He prepares wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable and special needs trusts, powers of attorney, and charitable, estate tax and business succession plans. He has written for Trusts & Estates magazine and Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
PracticesEstate PlanningTax PlanningSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protectionand 4 more
FirmOverland Park, KS
Small Overland Park estate firm serving the Kansas City metro area; Thomas H. Sullivan also keeps an office in Phillipsburg. Handles probate and trust administration and represents families in estate litigation over contested wills, undue influence, and executor or trustee breaches of fiduciary duty. Most services are billed at a flat fee, and the initial consultation carries no charge.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more