Lexington firm with offices in Louisville and Frankfort, handling estate matters across Kentucky. The estate group administers estates through probate, advises trust companies administering or resigning as trustee, and litigates will contests, beneficiary disputes and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against personal representatives and trustees.
Probate in Daviess County
Probate Court Record
Daviess County District Court
Daviess County · 6th Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Office
100 East 2nd Street, Owensboro, KY 42302
Website
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Verified October 15, 2026 · Source
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Trust Administration Firms Serving Daviess County
Offices in Louisville, Floyds Knobs, Indiana and an Ashland satellite serve families in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The firm handles probate and trust administration in both states and represents clients in court when family members or estate claimants dispute an estate. Probate clients choose hourly or percentage billing, and estate planning is a flat fee.
Multi-state firm whose Trusts & Estates Group works from its Louisville and Lexington offices. It provides estate and trust administration services and counsel to trust companies and individual fiduciaries, including income tax matters at death. The firm traces its roots to an 1832 Louisville law firm founded by Judge Henry Pirtle.
Louisville firm at Hurstbourne Park on Shelbyville Road, in the same office for more than 25 years, handling Jefferson County probate cases. Its estate group handles probate and estate administration, including real estate transfers and final affairs with creditors, and trust administration. The group combines more than 70 years of experience.
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Pour-Over Will
In Kentucky, a pour-over will is signed before 2KRS 394.040Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Kentucky
Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Kentucky: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Kentucky.
How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Kentucky happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeKRS 386B.1-010 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 daysKRS 386B.8-130Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
In Kentucky, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Ky. Rev. Stat. § 386B.7-080Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in Kentucky: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysKRS 395.250Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 6 monthsKRS 396.011, 396.015, 396.055, 396.095, 424.340Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 12 months.
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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?
Kentucky requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040KRS 141.020(2)(f); KRS 141.081; KY DOR 2026 Withholding Tax FormulaVerified Sep 20, 2026View source; a federal estate tax return (Form 706) is required only for estates above $15,000,00026 USC 2001(c), 2010; P.L. 119-21 §70106Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?
Inherited assets in Kentucky take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death26 USC § 1014Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular ratesKRS 141.020(2)(f) — flat 3.5% for taxable years beginning on or after Jan 1, 2026Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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