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Essex Junction firm on Pearl Street in Chittenden County. Represents executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration, from probate petitions, estate tax returns and accountings to trust and probate litigation, and handles adult and minor guardianship. Most estate planning work is billed on a flat fee.

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Solo practice on Carmichael Street in Essex Junction, Chittenden County, run by Holly Lemieux, who is licensed in Vermont and Massachusetts. She guides executors and administrators through Vermont probate from the petition to open the estate onward, and advises trustees on trust administration, alongside Medicaid and long-term care planning and special needs trusts. Estate planning consultations are free; elder law, probate and trust administration consultations carry a fee.

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Burlington firm on Shelburne Road. Administers decedents' trusts and estates, advising executors, personal representatives and trustees or serving in those roles directly, and handles probate administration and litigation, co-counseling contested probate matters with its litigation group. Also helps clients qualify for long-term care Medicaid.

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Burlington firm with a White River Junction office whose attorneys handle matters in all fourteen Vermont counties. Its estates and trusts attorneys represent trustees in trust administration and fiduciaries and families in probate court estate and guardianship proceedings. Principal Mark Melendy served on the bar committees that drafted Vermont's trust-decanting and directed-trust acts.

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Essex Junction estate planning and elder law firm handling trust administration for clients throughout Vermont, from Burlington to St. Johnsbury and Newport. After a death it guides successor trustees through transferring trust assets, and it prepares long-term care Medicaid applications and special needs plans. Ellen LaPlante is licensed in Vermont and New York.

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Chittenden County firm with offices in Burlington and Essex Junction, practicing since 1980. It assists executors and trustees with administering wills, trusts and estates both inside and outside the probate process, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Medicaid planning. Initial consultations are free, and evening or weekend appointments are arranged as needed.

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Probate in Chittenden County

Probate Court Record

Chittenden County Superior Court - Probate Division

Chittenden County

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Office

175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401

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Walk-ins accepted

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