Medicaid Planning Attorneys in New Castle County, Delaware

16 Medicaid planning firms have an office in New Castle County, Delaware. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its New Castle County office and its phone.

State

County

City

Practice Area

All Areas

Planning ahead

Estate Planning57 Tax Planning21 Special Needs Planning12 Asset Protection18 Medicaid Planning16

Settling an estate

Trust Administration29 Probate54 Probate Litigation20 Trust Litigation18

Capacity and care

Elder Law15 Guardianship18

Firm Type

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16 firms

Aleman & Associates

110 W. Main Street, Middletown, DE 19709

Serves all three Delaware counties from Seaford, with further offices in Camden, Milford, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach and Middletown. Represents executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in probate filings, creditor notices, deed transfers and distributions, and in trust administration. Attorneys work in English and Spanish, and Steve Nowak heads the estate planning department.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-302-990-8801

Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC

2711 Centerville Road, Suite 401, Wilmington, DE 19808

Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Dover, Lewes and Georgetown. The Estates & Trusts group advises executors and trustees on settling estates and administering trusts, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests, guardianship, accounting and fiduciary duty disputes. Its elder law practice handles Delaware Medicaid long-term care planning.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-302-327-1100

Dimichele Law, LLC

724 Yorklyn Road, Suite 370, Hockessin, DE 19707

Serves Delaware and Pennsylvania from Hockessin. Frederick J. Dimichele guides executors, administrators and beneficiaries through probate, from filing the will and petitioning for letters through short-form administrations, creditor claims and distribution, and handles trust administration, guardianship proceedings and Medicaid and long-term care planning. Initial consultations are free.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-302-626-2091

The Delaware Elder Law Center

3711 Kennett Pike, Suite 110, Wilmington, DE 19807

Serves New Castle County from an office on Kennett Pike in Wilmington. Settles estates for executors, handling the court paperwork, probate fees, claims and taxes, alongside long-term care Medicaid applications and estate planning. Founder W. Wade W. Scott holds a Graduate Certification in Estate Planning from Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-302-300-4390

Estate & Elder Law Services

2961 Centerville Road, Suite 350, Wilmington, DE 19808

Serves New Castle County from the Red Clay Center on Centerville Road, northwest of downtown Wilmington. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, guardianships and Medicaid applications alongside estate and special needs planning. Founded in 1992 and led by Certified Elder Law Attorneys Catherine B. Read and William W. Erhart.

Since 1992Serves 1 countyVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

1-302-651-0113

Ferry Joseph, P.A.

1521 Concord Pike, Suite 202, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves New Castle County from Concord Pike in Wilmington. Works with executors and trustees on estate and trust administration, and handles estate and trust litigation, guardianship administration and Medicaid planning. Founded in 1990.

Since 1990Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-575-1555

Law Office of Kevin A. O'Brien

3801 Kennett Pike, Suite C-204, Greenville, DE 19807

Serves clients throughout Delaware from a Greenville office, with a father-son team of Kevin and Paul O'Brien. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, small estate affidavits and federal estate tax returns, and drafts special needs trusts and Delaware asset protection trusts. Planning documents are quoted as a flat fee after the initial consultation.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

1-302-888-2707

The Levinson Firm, LLC

4420 Limestone Road, Suite 210, Wilmington, DE 19808

Serves clients across Delaware from a Pike Creek office at Linden Hill Station, in person or by Zoom. Handles estate administration and probate through the Register of Wills, trust settlement, uncontested guardianships, and Delaware Medicaid applications; the firm does not take contested estate, trust or probate cases. Family-owned since 1981 and focused on elder law and estate planning.

Since 1981Serves the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-302-656-3393

Maven Law, LLC

726 Yorklyn Road, Suite 300, Hockessin, DE 19707

Serves families in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from the Stone Mill building in Hockessin. Handles estate administration, trust administration for trustees, and guardianships of disabled adults, minor children and a minor's property, alongside Medicaid asset protection planning. Five attorneys also practice divorce, custody and family law.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-302-304-3300

McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan P.C.

900 Foulk Road, Suite 201, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves Delaware clients from offices in Wilmington and Georgetown, with its main office in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Handles estate administration and probate, guardianships, and will contests, trust distribution disputes and guardianship abuse cases, alongside special needs trusts and long-term care Medicaid planning. Founded in 1982 by Dennis McAndrews, the firm also practices special education law.

Since 1982Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+3

1-302-380-4975

Poole, Mensinger, Cutrona & Ellsworth-Aults

2710 Centerville Road, Suite 101, Wilmington, DE 19808

Serves New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties from a Centerville Road office in Wilmington. Guides personal representatives through probate, from recording the will with the Register of Wills and obtaining letters to closing the decedent's accounts, and handles small estates and adult guardianships. A female-owned firm that also practices family law and bankruptcy; Spanish is spoken.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+4

1-302-428-0100

The Powell Firm, LLC

1813 N. Franklin Street, Wilmington, DE 19802

Serves clients throughout Delaware from a N. Franklin Street office in Wilmington. Advises executors, administrators and trustees through probate and trust administration, and litigates will and guardianship contests, undue influence cases and trust disputes. Also handles Medicaid planning and elder law alongside civil litigation in all Delaware courts.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-650-1572

Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP

1521 Concord Pike, Suite 305, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves Delaware from offices in Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach. The Wills, Trusts & Estates group administers estates from the initial probate proceedings through formal accounts, files fiduciary income tax returns, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust litigation, with elder-law and Medicaid planning. A Mid-Atlantic firm founded in 1992.

Since 1992Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-302-477-7100

Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A.

651 N Broad Street, Middletown, DE 19709

Serves clients across Delaware from Dover, with further offices in Middletown and Rehoboth Beach. Its trusts and estates attorneys handle estate administration and probate alongside wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives and Medicaid planning. Founded in 1961, it is the oldest law firm in Kent County.

Since 1961Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateMedicaid Planning

1-302-378-1697

Schwartz & Schwartz, Attorneys at Law, P.A.

1228 N. King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves Sussex, Kent and New Castle counties from Dover, with Delaware offices in Wilmington and Dagsboro. Its estate attorneys guide executors through administration with each county's Register of Wills, including small estate affidavits, and draft wills, trusts and Medicaid-planning Miller trusts within an elder-law practice. The firm also has offices in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-302-281-0791

Zelvin Law, LLC

2 Righter Parkway, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves New Castle County from Righter Parkway in Wilmington. Handles probate filings and post-death trust administration for families, and offers trustee services as an individual Delaware trustee working alongside a family's advisors. Founder Jennifer Zelvin McCloskey directs the University of Delaware's Trust Management minor and previously handled trust administration at JP Morgan.

Since 2017Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid PlanningBusiness Law

1-302-300-0461

Probate in New Castle County

Probate Court Record

New Castle County Register of Wills

New Castle County

Phone

1-302-395-7800

wills@nccde.org

Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-3:30 PM; Friday 8:00 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Office

800 North French Street, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

Website

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Required for attorneys

Filing in person

Appointment required

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Allowed

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Medicaid Planning Firms Serving New Castle County

Chesapeake Legal Counsel LLC

29 H Atlantic Avenue, Ocean View, DE 19970

Serves Sussex County from Ocean View, near Bethany Beach, with a second office in Annapolis, Maryland, and sees clients from throughout Delaware. Guides personal representatives through estate administration with the Register of Wills, from inventory and creditor claims to final accounting, alongside Medicaid, special needs trust and estate planning. Founded in 1993 by attorney John F. Robbert.

Solo PracticeSince 1993Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-302-537-4559

Law Offices of Bonnie M. Benson, P.A.

2116 S. Dupont Highway, Suite 2, Camden, DE 19934

Serves Kent and Sussex counties from offices in Camden and Lewes, and clients throughout Delaware. Guides executors through probate and estate administration and closing, handles will contests, and files guardianships for adults and minors alongside Medicaid and long-term care planning. Bonnie M. Benson has practiced since 1983, and the firm prices its services on a flat-rate basis.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship+3

1-302-600-9036

May & Perza, P.A.

34 The Green, Dover, DE 19901

Serves Kent County and clients throughout Delaware from an office on The Green in Dover. Handles probate administration and estate litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, estate tax filing, and elder law planning for long-term care and Medicaid. Founded in 2010 by Mitchell W. May and Adam M. Perza, the firm also practices family, real estate and small business law.

Since 2010Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+6

1-302-736-1776

Procino-Wells & Woodland, LLC

1519 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958

Serves families statewide in Delaware from offices in Lewes and Seaford, with virtual consultations available statewide. Handles estate and trust administration and advises trustees through the trust administration process, alongside Medicaid planning and supplemental needs trusts. Focuses exclusively on legal matters affecting older and disabled individuals.

Since 2005Serves the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-302-628-4140

Sergovic Carmean McCartney & Owens, P.A.

25 Chestnut Street, Georgetown, DE 19947

Serves clients throughout Delaware from Georgetown. Its attorneys and estate administrators open estates, handle court filings and distributions for personal representatives, guide trustees through trust administration, and petition the Court of Chancery for guardianships, alongside Medicaid planning and Miller trusts. Phone and video consultations are offered.

Serves the whole stateVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

1-302-855-1260

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Medicaid Planning Attorneys in New Castle County, Delaware