Serves Androscoggin County from an office on Main Street in Lewiston. Guides families through probate and the administration of simple estates, guardianship and conservatorship petitions, and MaineCare long-term care planning and applications; it does not typically handle contested probate. Of counsel Kathleen Kienitz was one of the first certified elder law attorneys (CELA) in Maine.
Lewiston is in Androscoggin County.
Probate in Androscoggin County
Probate Court Record
Androscoggin County Probate Court
Androscoggin County
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Office
2 Turner Street, Unit 5, 1st Floor, Auburn, ME 04210
Website
E-filing
Self-represented filing
Allowed
Self-help forms
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