Serves Talbot County and the Eastern Shore from Easton. Handles estate and trust administration, including probate, trust administration and fiduciary guidance, alongside estate planning, business, land use and real estate work.
Easton is in Talbot County.
Probate in Talbot County
Probate Court Record
Talbot County Register of Wills
Talbot County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
Office
Talbot County Courthouse, North Wing, Suite 14, 11 North Washington Street, Easton, MD 21601
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Filing in person
Walk-ins accepted
Self-represented filing
Allowed
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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Maryland
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Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
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Pour-Over Will
In Maryland, a pour-over will is signed before 2Md. Est. & Trusts § 4-102Verified 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 Maryland
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How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Maryland happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeMd. Code Est. & Trusts § 14.5-101 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 90 daysET §§ 14.5-813, 14.5-904; CJP § 5-101Verified 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 Maryland, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 14.5-708Verified 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 Maryland: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysET §§ 7-201, 7-202, 7-203Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 6 monthsMd. Code, Est. & Trusts §§ 7-103, 7-103.1, 8-103, 8-104, 8-105, 8-107Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.
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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?
Maryland requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040Md. Tax-Gen. §§ 10-105, 10-217; Ch. 604 (2025 Acts) (HB 352)Verified 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 Maryland 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 rates, plus a 2% surtax on the whole gain once federal AGI exceeds $350,000Md. Code, Tax-General § 10-105(a) (graduated rates; (a)(3)-(4) 2% net-capital-gain surtax); § 10-101(e), (g) (definitions of "federal adjusted gross income" and "individual"); § 10-102 (imposition)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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