Serves Bristol County from Attleboro, where it is the oldest law firm in town, tracing its roots to a 1946 partnership. Guides executors and trustees through probate and trust administration, from inventorying the decedent's property and paying debts and taxes to resolving will and trust disputes and distributing assets.
Fall River is in Bristol County.
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Serves Bristol and Plymouth counties from Somerset, including Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Brockton and Attleboro. Guides personal representatives and administrators through probate and estate administration, from proving the will to distributing the assets, and drafts and administers trusts.
Serves Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable counties and Rhode Island from New Bedford. Probates estates, establishes guardianships and conservatorships, and petitions for the approval of minor's, special needs and settlement trusts; Attorney Heather M. Bonnet-Hebert also provides professional trustee services. Formed in 1994 as Robert B. Feingold & Associates, P.C.
Serves Worcester, Middlesex, Suffolk, Barnstable and Bristol counties from offices in Worcester, Boston, Framingham, Centerville and New Bedford. Guides executors and trustees through probate, estate tax, post-mortem planning, sale of estate property and trust administration, for estates from insolvent to over $40 million. Manages more than 250 trusts and administers more than 130 estates a year.
Serves Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable counties from offices in New Bedford, Easton, Plymouth and Hyannis. Handles estate administration, probate and trust administration, alongside elder law, MassHealth planning and special needs planning. Managing partners Daniel M. Surprenant and Michelle D. Beneski are Certified Elder Law Attorneys; meetings are held in person or virtually.
Probate in Bristol County
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Bristol County Probate and Family Court
Bristol County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
40 Broadway, Suite 240, Taunton, MA 02780
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Walk-ins accepted
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Settling a trust in Massachusetts happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeM.G.L. c. 203E § 101 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 30 daysMGL c. 203E §§ 813, 1005Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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Settling an estate in Massachusetts: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysMGL c. 190B §§ 3-706, 3-707, 3-708Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 12 monthsMGL c. 190B §§ 3-306, 3-801, 3-803, 3-804, 3-805, 3-806Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.
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Massachusetts requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040M.G.L. c. 62, § 4(b), (d); Mass. Const. Amend. Art. XLIV, as amended by Amend. Art. CXXI (Fair Share Amendment)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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Inherited assets in Massachusetts 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 ratesM.G.L. c. 62 § 2(b)(3) (Part C gross income = gain from capital assets held > 1 year); § 4(c) (Part C taxed at the Part B rate; 3% on qualifying MA small-business stock held ≥ 3 years); § 4(a)(1) (Part A: 12% on capital gains, 8.5% on assets held ≤ 1 year); § 4(b) (Part B rate, floor 5%); § 4(d) (4% surtax above the indexed $1M threshold)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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