FirmWatertown, SD
Since 1916
Serves Watertown and northeast South Dakota from an office on South Broadway. Handles administration of trusts and estates, probate matters, wills and trusts, guardianships, and farm family succession planning. Partner Nancy Oviatt, at the firm since 1988, concentrates on estate planning and trust and estate administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 816 South Broadway, PO Box 1600Watertown, SD 57201
Serves Rapid City and western South Dakota, with a second office in Pierre. Assists personal representatives and trustees through probate and estate administration, advocates for heirs and beneficiaries, and handles contested estate and trust litigation, irrevocable trust decanting, reformation and modification, and Medicaid and long-term care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 506 6th StreetRapid City, SD 57701
Solo PracticeBurke, SD
Since 1906 · Serves 1 county
Serves Burke and Gregory County from its office on Main Street. Assists families in probating an estate and handles guardianships and conservatorships from the petition through annual accountings, alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and business succession plans. Founded in 1906, the office also provides real estate closing services in South Dakota and Nebraska.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningConservatorshipand 7 more
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- 742 Main Street, P.O. Box 352Burke, SD 57523
Solo PracticeSioux Falls, SD
Serves South Dakota clients from a Sioux Falls office, and clients elsewhere virtually. Guides personal representatives and beneficiaries through probate, estate and trust administration, and handles wills, trusts, Medicaid and special-needs planning, asset protection, and business succession. Attorney Lindsay M. Harris works with a probate and trust administration coordinator.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
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- 601 E Tan Tara CircleSioux Falls, SD 57108
Serves eastern South Dakota from offices in Brookings and Watertown. Handles uncontested probate of a will, intestate administration, trust administration for successor trustees of revocable living trusts, business interests in probate, and estate administration for personal representatives who live outside South Dakota. The Brookings practice traces back more than 100 years.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 4 more
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- 1441 6th Street, Suite 200Brookings, SD 57006
Solo PracticeMitchell, SD
Since 1987
Solo general practice in Mitchell. Administers probate and trust estates, handles guardianships and conservatorships, and drafts wills, revocable and irrevocable living trusts, and durable and health care powers of attorney, alongside business, municipal, zoning, and real estate work. James D. Taylor started the firm in 1987.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 4 more
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- 520 North Lawler, Suite 100Mitchell, SD 57301
FirmYankton, SD
Since 1977
Six attorneys practicing from Yankton and Hartington, Nebraska. Handles probate of estates from a few thousand dollars to several million, trust administration for family-member trustees, and estate and trust litigation for trustees, executors, and beneficiaries, plus guardianships and conservatorships. Its attorneys are licensed in South Dakota and Nebraska.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 322 Walnut StreetYankton, SD 57078
Serves South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota from Sioux Falls. Its probate attorney works only on probate, estate and trust administration for personal representatives and successor trustees, alongside Medicaid, special-needs and asset-protection planning. Has South Dakota's first Board Certified Elder Law Attorney certified by the National Elder Law Foundation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
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- 7404 S. Bitterroot PlaceSioux Falls, SD 57108
FirmSioux Falls, SD
Since 1946 · Serves the whole state
Serves clients throughout South Dakota from offices in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Belle Fourche. Handles probate administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and wills and trusts, working with clients' financial advisors on wealth transfer, asset protection, and business succession.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateConservatorshipGuardianshipand 3 more
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- 110 N. Minnesota Avenue, Suite 400Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Solo PracticeVermillion, SD
Solo general practice in Vermillion, in the town's former Carnegie Library building on Church Street. Handles probate of a deceased person's estate and drafts wills, trusts, living wills and financial and medical powers of attorney, alongside criminal defense, personal injury, business and real estate work. Brent Matter founded it as the successor to McCulloch Law Office.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawPersonal Injuryand 3 more
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- 12 Church StreetVermillion, SD 57069
Serves clients across South Dakota from its office in Pierre, where it was established in 1881. Handles estate planning and probate matters, including estate and business planning for agricultural families.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
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- 503 S. Pierre StreetPierre, SD 57501
FirmMitchell, SD
Since 1893 · Serves 1 county
Serves Davison County and the surrounding area from its office in Mitchell. Handles probate and trust administration, wills and trusts, and guardianships and conservatorships, including transition planning for farm families and family-owned businesses. Founded in 1893; consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 4 more
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- 1718 N. Sanborn, PO Box 1025Mitchell, SD 57301
FirmSpearfish, SD
Since 1972
Serves Spearfish and the surrounding area, as it has since 1972. Handles probate and the administration of wills and trusts, guardianships and conservatorships, and succession planning that integrates business and estate planning. Its attorneys are licensed in South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateConservatorshipand 4 more
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- 109 N Main Street, PO Box 759Spearfish, SD 57783
Solo PracticeHuron, SD
Serves the whole state
Serves clients across South Dakota from its office in Huron. Attorney Aaron Pilcher handles formal and informal probate, trust administration, small estate affidavits, and guardianships, and litigates trust, probate, and fiduciary disputes. Also serves businesses as outside general counsel and registered agent.
PracticesTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship
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- 79 Third Avenue SEHuron, SD 57350
Serves clients across South Dakota from Sioux Falls, with partners also licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Colorado. Handles probate, small-estate and trust administration, guardianships, and Medicaid planning, along with wills, trusts, and farm succession planning. Offers a free 20 to 30 minute initial consultation and meets clients by video call.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more
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- 2571 S. Westlake Drive, Suite 210Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Solo PracticeSioux Falls, SD
Serves Sioux Falls and clients throughout South Dakota and Minnesota from an office on S. Grand Arbor Court. Handles probate and estate administration, guardianship and conservatorship petitions, and disputes over wills, trusts, and estate administration, including fiduciary misconduct claims. Offers a free consultation for estate administration and probate matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 4 more
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- 7520 S. Grand Arbor Court, Suite 140Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Serves clients throughout South Dakota from its main office on 57th Street in Sioux Falls, with a second location in Pierre. Handles probate and trust administration, and represents clients in will and trust contests, fiduciary-duty claims against trustees or executors, and beneficiary disputes. Formerly Murphy, Goldammer & Prendergast, LLP until December 2015.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 1300 W 57th Street, Suite 101Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Serves Brookings and the surrounding area from its Sixth Street office. Assists personal representatives, executors, and beneficiaries with probate and estate administration from the initial review through final distribution, including creditor claims and disputes over unclear instructions. Also handles elder law planning and business and farm succession planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawBusiness Succession
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- 621 Sixth StreetBrookings, SD 57006
FirmAberdeen, SD
Since 1926
Serves Aberdeen from its office at 1 Court Street. Files the court documents to probate a family member's will and guides families through the South Dakota probate system, alongside will drafting and estate planning. Founded in 1926, it is one of the oldest law firms in South Dakota.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTrustsWills
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- 1 Court StreetAberdeen, SD 57402
Serves Pierre and statewide clients from its office on S. Coteau in South Dakota's capital. Assists families after a death with the administration of probate and non-probate estates, including trust administration and post-mortem planning. Also drafts trusts, wills, living wills, and durable powers of attorney, with planning for the transition of a family business or farm.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Successionand 3 more
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- 319 S. Coteau, PO Box 280Pierre, SD 57501