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.
Portland is in Cumberland County.
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Serves southern and central Maine from an office in South Portland. Handles the probate and administration of estates of all sizes, assists trustees with trust administration, gives limited-scope help to personal representatives, and handles non-probate asset transfers. Hospice and nursing facility conferences are available for clients who cannot travel.
Serves Greater Portland and the Lakes Region from offices in Falmouth and Bridgton. A probate, estate and trust administration group guides personal representatives and trustees, including the accounting of estate assets, and the firm handles guardianships, conservatorships, and MaineCare applications. Of counsel Patricia Nelson-Reade is a certified elder law attorney and registered nurse.
Serves Cumberland County from Brunswick. Represents personal representatives, trustees, and other fiduciaries in probating wills and administering trusts, from periodic check-ins to full administrative support by firm staff, much of it at paralegal rates. Prepares MaineCare applications for assisted living and nursing home benefits; does not handle guardianship or conservatorship.
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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How Do I Settle a Trust?
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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In Maine, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-B, § 708Verified 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 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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