A basic revocable living trust in Oklahoma costs $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 when drafted by an attorney, ten to fifteen hours of work at $273Clio Compare Lawyer Rates, Oklahoma: Trusts rate (2025 data)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source an hour. An online service prices a trust package in the low hundreds of dollars without attorney advice on your situation. The Oklahoma trust cost calculator carries the breakdown.
Even with a revocable trust in Oklahoma, you still need a will, most commonly a pour-over will that catches any asset never retitled into the trust. Oklahoma also allows a transfer-on-death deed for real estate58 O.S. 1251 to 1258Verified Jul 15, 2026, which moves property out of probate without a trust. Whether a trust adds enough over a will-only plan turns on the situation: real property, a blended family and out-of-state assets are the common reasons. The Oklahoma trust-or-will tool walks through the decision.
Estate planning attorneys in Oklahoma average $296Clio Compare Lawyer Rates, Oklahoma: Wills and Estates rate (2025 data)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $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 for a simple individual will and $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 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Oklahoma will cost calculator sets the two side by side.
In Oklahoma, estates with personal property of $50,00058 O.S. § 393Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less skip probate with the Small Estate Affidavit58 O.S. § 393Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, 10 days58 O.S. § 393Verified Sep 8, 2026View source 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 Oklahoma probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.
In Oklahoma, 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.
Free Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, a will is signed before 284 O.S. § 55Verified Sep 16, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony84 O.S. § 55Verified Sep 16, 2026View source.
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.
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.
In Oklahoma, a pour-over will is signed before 284 O.S. § 55Verified Sep 16, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Oklahoma: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.
In Oklahoma, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 1.7%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
Probate in Oklahoma takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 1.7%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.
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.
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. Attorney fees run 1.7%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.
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.
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%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source to 2.6%58 O.S. § 525 (all necessary expenses of administration allowed; no statutory attorney fee schedule — court-determined reasonableness)Verified 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.
73 estate planning firms in Oklahoma, by county and firm type.
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FirmArdmore, OK
Ardmore Lawyers serves Carter and Love counties with estate planning, probate, trust administration, and guardianship services.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship
Solo PracticeLawton, OK
Ana Basora Walker has served southwestern Oklahoma from Lawton since 2000, providing probate and estate planning services. The office also provides bilingual services in Spanish.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
FirmOklahoma City, OK
Ball Morse Lowe serves families across all 77 Oklahoma counties from Oklahoma City, handling estate planning, probate, trust administration, and trust litigation. The firm offers flat fees for many estate planning services.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protection
Solo PracticeDuncan, OK
Behrnes Law serves Duncan and Stephens County with estate planning, probate, and trust administration. The firm helps clients select appropriate estate planning techniques and guides families through legal processes following a death.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
Solo PracticeBroken Arrow, OK
B.A. Law Center has over four decades of experience in estate planning and probate, serving Broken Arrow and the Tulsa metro with wills, revocable trusts, trust amendments, deed transfers, powers of attorney, and adult guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipBusiness Succession
FirmOwasso, OK
Baysinger Henson Reimer & Cresswell serves Owasso and the Tulsa metro with estate planning and probate, preparing wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives, and handling probate representation including will contests.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
Solo PracticeSand Springs, OK
Benjamin C. Faulkner serves Sand Springs and the Tulsa metro with wills, trusts, and estate planning, along with trust and probate litigation and business transactions.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Succession
FirmAda, OK
Billingsley & Associates serves Pontotoc County and surrounding southeastern Oklahoma communities from Ada, handling estate planning, probate, and guardianship matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianship
FirmIdabel, OK
Serves Idabel, Broken Bow, Hugo, Antlers and the surrounding southeastern Oklahoma communities from North Central Avenue in Idabel. Handles probate and estate administration for families after a death, along with wills and trusts, alongside personal injury, family, tribal and real property work. The first consultation is free, and the office speaks Spanish.
PracticesProbateFamily LawPersonal InjuryReal Estateand 2 more
FirmDurant, OK
Burrage Law Firm serves Bryan County and southeastern Oklahoma with estate planning, probate, and estate administration services.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
FirmAnadarko, OK
Serving western Oklahoma for more than 80 years from Anadarko, the firm handles probate, estate planning, and real estate for Caddo County and surrounding communities, with a second office in Carnegie.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateReal Estate
FirmMcAlester, OK
Cable Law is a boutique law firm in McAlester primarily engaged in estate planning, probate, and providing general counsel for banks and businesses throughout Pittsburg County.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Succession
FirmSeminole, OK
Serves Seminole County and the surrounding 22nd Judicial District from Seminole, with a second office in Wewoka. Estate planning is one of the firm’s listed practice areas alongside securities arbitration, civil litigation, and school and municipal law; founding attorney Jerry Colclazier sat as District Judge for the district from 1994 and as its chief judge from 1998 to 2001.
PracticesEstate Planning
FirmOklahoma City, OK
Stephen L. Cortes is a Super Lawyers rated estate planning attorney providing estate planning and probate services to Oklahoma City area clients.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
FirmOklahoma City, OK
Crowe & Dunlevy offers counsel in nearly 30 practice areas including trusts and estates, with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, and Houston.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningWealth Transfer
Solo PracticeGuymon, OK
David K. Petty has practiced law in the Oklahoma Panhandle since 1971. A Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and the American College of Trial Lawyers, he serves Texas, Cimarron, and Beaver counties.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning
FirmJay, OK
Headquartered in Jay with branch offices in Grove and Miami, serving Delaware County, Ottawa County, and the Grand Lake area since 1973. Handles probate and estate planning alongside banking, real estate, civil litigation, and municipal law, with more than 220 years of combined attorney experience.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness SuccessionReal Estate
FirmOklahoma City, OK
Denker & Associates serves Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County with estate planning, probate, guardianship, and power of attorney matters. The firm offers free consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipPower Of Attorney
FirmStillwater, OK
Ellis & Ellis is a boutique estate planning firm in Stillwater. Both attorneys are Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
FirmNorman, OK
Elwell and Spain is an estate planning and business law firm serving clients throughout Oklahoma including Norman, Moore, Oklahoma City, and Edmond.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate