Probate Litigation Attorneys in Delaware

24 probate litigation firms in Delaware, by city, county and firm type.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning24 Tax Planning12 Special Needs Planning6 Asset Protection9 Medicaid Planning8

Settling an estate

Trust Administration16 Probate23 Probate Litigation24 Trust Litigation19

Capacity and care

Elder Law9 Conservatorship1 Guardianship12

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24 firms

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

Connolly Gallagher LLP

1201 North Market Street, 20th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves New Castle County from offices in Wilmington and Newark. The Trusts, Estates, and Taxation group supports trustees, executors and beneficiaries in administration, litigates will contests, estate disputes and trust cases, and handles trust modification and estate, gift and GST tax planning. Four of its partners are fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning

1-302-757-7300

Cross & Simon, LLC

1105 North Market Street, Suite 901, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves New Castle County from Wilmington. Represents executors, personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in will contests, accounts by executors and trustees, removal of fiduciaries and disputes over estate and trust administration. Also handles guardianship appointments, oppositions and terminations, and prepares wills and trusts.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-777-4200

Duane Morris LLP

1201 North Market Street, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street, established in 1985. Partner Jocelyn Margolin Borowsky handles estate and trust administration, Delaware trust modifications and decantings, and trust and estate litigation for fiduciaries and beneficiaries, including estate and gift tax audits. She is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-657-4900

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

1201 North Market Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves New Castle County from the Wilmington office on North Market Street. Partner Denise D. Nordheimer advises guardians, executors and trustees on administration, establishes trusts and guardianships, and handles estate and trust disputes. In 2015 the New Castle County Register of Wills commended her for closing an estate open more than 14 years.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

1-302-654-7444

Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A.

1925 Lovering Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806

Serves New Castle County from the Highlands neighborhood of Wilmington. Its Private Wealth group helps personal representatives and trustees administer estates and Delaware trusts, and represents fiduciaries in litigation in the Court of Chancery. Founded in 1994; ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law: Delaware in the 2026 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.

Since 1994Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-652-2900

Herdeg, du Pont & Dalle Pazze, LLC

15 Center Meeting Road, Wilmington, DE 19807

Serves New Castle County from Center Meeting Road in Centreville, outside Wilmington. Guides executors through estate administration, from Register of Wills filings to tax filings, and handles trust administration, adult guardianships and Court of Chancery estate and trust litigation. Also handles ancillary probate for non-Delaware decedents who owned Delaware real estate.

Since 1999Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-302-655-6500

John Williams, P.A.

1225 King Street, Suite 700, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves New Castle County from King Street in Wilmington. Administers small and large estates and represents clients in contested estates and complex estate matters, alongside wills, powers of attorney and real estate work. John H. Williams Jr., admitted in Delaware in 1977, formed the firm in 1995 and is on the New Castle County Register of Wills probate attorney list.

Solo PracticeSince 1995Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationBusiness LawReal Estate

1-302-571-4780

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

MacElree Harvey, Ltd.

5721 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807

Serves New Castle County from its Centreville office on Kennett Pike; the firm's other offices are in West Chester and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The Centreville office lists estates and trusts law and trust and estate litigation, and its attorneys litigate trust and estate matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Founded in 1880.

Since 1880Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbate LitigationTrust LitigationSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection+2

1-302-654-4454

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

Moore & Rutt, P.A.

122 West Market Street, Georgetown, DE 19947

Serves clients statewide from offices in Georgetown and Milford. Handles the probate and administration of estates, from identifying assets and paying debts and estate taxes to distribution, counsels on will contests, and represents clients in guardianships. Founded in 1990 by J. Everett Moore, Jr. and David N. Rutt, the five-attorney firm also practices real estate and municipal law.

Since 1990Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipMunicipal LawReal Estate

1-302-856-9568

Morris James LLP

3205 Avenue North Boulevard, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19803

Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Wilmington, Newark, Dover, Georgetown and Rehoboth Beach. Handles the probate and administration of multi-jurisdictional estates and trust administration, and represents clients in the Court of Chancery in fiduciary litigation, contested will cases and elective share proceedings. Practicing since 1931.

Since 1931Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-888-6800

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

1201 North Market Street, 16th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801

Serves trusts and estates clients from Wilmington and acts as Delaware trust counsel for financial institutions and law firms. Guides personal representatives through Delaware probate, advises on trust administration and decanting, and litigates breach of trust, capacity, undue influence and will validity disputes. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers High Net Worth for Delaware private wealth law.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-658-9200

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

McCollom D'Emilio Smith Uebler LLC

2751 Centerville Road, Suite 401, Wilmington, DE 19808

Serves trusts and estates clients from Little Falls Centre II in Wilmington. Settles estates and prepares estate and inheritance tax returns and probate documents, advises trustees on trust modifications, reformations, mergers and decantings, and handles will and trust contests and beneficiary disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth guide.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-302-468-5960

Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A.

909 Silver Lake Boulevard, 1st Floor, Dover, DE 19904

Serves all three Delaware counties from offices in Dover, Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach. Handles estate administration and probate, estate litigation and adult guardianships, with estate and guardianship work based largely in the Rehoboth Beach and Dover offices. A general practice firm that also covers real estate and land use, government relations and commercial litigation.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianshipReal Estate

1-302-678-3262

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

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Estate planning attorneys in Delaware average $439 an hour for estate planning work. A flat-fee package runs $1,317 to $2,634 for a simple individual will and $4,390 to $6,585 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Delaware will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Delaware, estates with personal property of $50,000 or less skip probate with the Distribution Without Letters, 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 Delaware probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Delaware, 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.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most Delaware estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Probate Litigation Attorneys in Delaware

Delaware attorneys average $439 an hour for estate planning work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,317–$2,634; online services cost $30–$300.

Delaware hasn't adopted the Uniform Probate Code and doesn't offer simplified independent administration. The procedural floor is higher than most states, which is why retaining counsel for uncontested matters here is more practical than optional.

Estates under $50,000 in Delaware can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

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(4)·Updated October 15, 2026

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

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Delaware

Free Delaware forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Delaware.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Last Will and Testament

In Delaware, 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 Delaware

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Delaware: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Delaware.

How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Delaware costs an estimated $33,964. Attorney fees run 2.5% to 3.9% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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Who Inherits Without a Will?

Without a will in Delaware, descendants divide what passes to them per stirpes, and an heir must survive the decedent by 120 hours to inherit.

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What Are the Creditor Claim Deadlines?

In Delaware, creditors have 8 months from the date of death to present claims; late claims are barred.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Delaware: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 8 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 9 months to 12 months.

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How Much Can an Executor Charge?

Delaware pays executors reasonable compensation, typically 2.2% to 3.8% of the estate.

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Probate Litigation Attorneys in Delaware