Trust Administration Attorneys in Sussex County, Delaware

12 trust administration firms have an office in Sussex County, Delaware. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Sussex County office and its phone.

State

County

City

Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning34 Tax Planning8 Special Needs Planning9 Asset Protection13 Medicaid Planning12

Settling an estate

Trust Administration12 Probate30 Probate Litigation9 Trust Litigation7

Capacity and care

Elder Law10 Guardianship10

Firm Type

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12 firms

Aleman & Associates

326 High Street, Suite 101, Seaford, DE 19973

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

Adkins Law Firm, P.A.

401 Broadkill Road, Milton, DE 19968

Serves Sussex County from Milton. Guides executors and beneficiaries through estate administration before the Register of Wills, advises trustees on administering trusts that hold local real estate or family businesses, and handles trust disputes over validity, distributions and breach of fiduciary duty. Jason W. Adkins and Jennifer A. Tartt also practise real estate and business law.

Serves 1 countyVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAsset Protection

1-302-505-5773

Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC

1413 Savannah Road, Suite 1, Lewes, DE 19958

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

1-302-645-2262

DiPietro Law, LLC

108 Main Street, Millsboro, DE 19966

Serves Sussex County from offices in Millsboro and Millville. Represents executors through estate administration before the register of wills, advises trustees on trust administration, and handles adult guardianship petitions for relatives whose incapacity planning was not completed. Its VA-accredited attorneys help clients qualify for long-term care Medicaid, and meetings can be held virtually.

Serves 1 countyVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-302-725-4593

Doyle Law, LLC

20245 Bay Vista Road, Unit 204, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

Serves Sussex, Kent and New Castle counties from Rehoboth Beach. Guides families through probate, trust settlement and asset distribution after a death, and petitions for court-appointed guardianships of adults and minors. Founded in February 2024 by Rebecca N. Doyle, named a Delaware Today Top Lawyer five consecutive years; consultations are free.

Since 2024Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection

1-302-532-3139

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

Morris James LLP

19339 Coastal Highway, Suite 300, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

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

1-302-260-7290

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

Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP

19606 Coastal Hwy, Suite 201, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

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

1-302-409-3600

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

Steen, Waehler & Schrider-Fox, LLC

92 Atlantic Avenue, Unit B, Ocean View, DE 19970

Serves Sussex County from Ocean View. Its attorneys handle estate administration and estate planning, with of-counsel Susan Huesman Mitchell covering estates and trusts in both planning and administration; real estate settlements, 1031 exchanges and homeowner-association work make up the rest of the practice. Founded in 2008 by Tempe B. Steen, James F. Waehler and Mary R. Schrider-Fox.

Since 2008Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateReal Estate

1-302-539-7900

Tomasetti Law, LLC

1100 Coastal Highway, Unit 3, Fenwick Island, DE 19944

Serves New Castle and Sussex counties from Wilmington and Fenwick Island. Its estate administration team guides personal representatives through probate and the Register of Wills filings, offers the same services to trustees, and represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust disputes. Raymond E. Tomasetti Jr. has practiced in Delaware for over 30 years.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationReal Estate

1-302-539-3041

Probate in Sussex County

Probate Court Record

Sussex County Register of Wills

Sussex County

Phone

1-302-855-7875

willsinfo@sussexcountyde.gov

Hours

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

Office

5 East Pine Street, Georgetown, DE 19947

Website

Court website →

E-filing

Required for attorneys

Filing in person

Appointment required

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

Court forms packet

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How to file probate in Sussex County →

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Sussex County

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

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

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

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Delaware

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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 Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in Delaware happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's trust statute, notifies the beneficiaries, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

In Delaware, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent) unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.

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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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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?

Delaware requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040; a federal estate tax return (Form 706) is required only for estates above $15,000,000.

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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?

Inherited assets in Delaware take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular rates.

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Sussex County, Delaware

Probate in Sussex County

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Sussex County

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Delaware

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Delaware

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Sussex County, Delaware