Serves Cumberland and Franklin counties from South Portland and Kingfield. Its probate team handles estate and trust administration, probate litigation over contested wills, guardianships and conservatorships, and MaineCare nursing home planning. The firm has practiced in the Greater Portland area for over 40 years.
Brunswick is in Cumberland County.
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Serves Cumberland and Kennebec counties from offices in Portland and Augusta. Its Trusts & Estates group handles estate and trust administration, represents executors and trustees, prepares estate and gift tax returns, and resolves trust and estate disputes. Founded in Portland in 1915.
Serves Cumberland County from Portland's Old Port. Handles probate, estate and trust administration, probate litigation, and guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements, along with wills and special needs planning. Founded in 2014; its founder wrote the guardianship and conservatorship chapter of "A Practical Guide to Probate in Maine."
Serves clients throughout Maine from One Monument Way in Portland. Its Estate Planning & Elder Law attorneys guide personal representatives through probate administration, handle trust administration, and represent heirs and beneficiaries in will contests and disputes over the distribution of estate property. The firm has represented Maine people and businesses since 1881.
Serves clients in probate courts throughout Maine from Marginal Way in Portland. Its estate planning and administration team represents personal representatives, trustees, and beneficiaries in administering estates and trusts, handles guardianships and conservatorships, and with the firm's trial group represents clients in contested probate, will, and trust matters. Founded in 1965.
Represents clients across Maine from Portland, and meets clients in Norway and Rockland by arrangement. Probates estates, administers trusts, advises on estate, gift and fiduciary income tax, and represents parties in probate and trust litigation and in guardianship and conservatorship matters. Founded in 1992 as Maine's first boutique trusts and estates firm.
Probate in Cumberland County
Probate Court Record
Cumberland County Probate Court
Cumberland County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Office
142 Federal Street, Suite 125, Portland, ME 04101
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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source
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Settling a trust in Maine happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code18-B M.R.S. § 101 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 days18-B MRSA §§ 813, 1005, 105Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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Settling an estate in Maine: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days18-C MRSA §§ 3-706, 3-707, 3-708Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 months18-C MRS §§ 3-801, 3-803, 3-805, 3-806Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
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Maine requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 104036 M.R.S. § 5111 (sub-§ 1-F rates; sub-§ 7 surcharge); § 5124-C, sub-§ 1-C (standard deduction); § 5403 (sub-§ 1 rate-table indexing; sub-§ 12 surcharge indexing); PL 2025 ch. 650 (LD 2212), Pts. DDDD and KVerified 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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Inherited assets in Maine 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 rates36 M.R.S. § 5122 — modifications to federal AGI (no general capital-gains subtraction)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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