Trust Administration Attorneys in Cass County, North Dakota

12 trust administration firms have an office in Cass County, North Dakota. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Cass County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning21 Tax Planning4

Settling an estate

Trust Administration12 Probate20 Probate Litigation1 Trust Litigation1

Capacity and care

Elder Law2 Conservatorship1 Guardianship4

Firm Type

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12 firms

Anderson, Bottrell, Sanden & Thompson (ABST Law)

4132 30th Avenue South, Suite 100, Fargo, ND 58104

Serves Fargo-Moorhead and Cass County. Probate work runs from identifying assets and the personal representative through commencing the estate, appointing the representative, and distributing both probate and non-probate property, including jointly held accounts and life insurance proceeds. Also handles farm and business succession.

Since 1981Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationAgricultural Law

1-701-235-3300

Astrup Law Office, P.C.

3186 Sienna Dr. S., Fargo, ND 58104

Solo practice in Fargo serving Cass County and the surrounding Red River Valley. Jason Astrup has practiced in North Dakota since 2005 and appears as counsel for the personal representative in Cass County probate matters. Also handles estate planning, trust administration, and guardianship and conservatorship.

Solo PracticeEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipBusiness Law

1-701-356-1287

Conmy Feste Ltd.

3369 45th Street South, Fargo, ND 58104

Fargo firm serving the Fargo-Moorhead area, North Dakota, and northwestern Minnesota. Represents individual and corporate fiduciaries through probate and trust and estate administration, including court filings, and litigates will and trust disputes, land disputes, and contested guardianships in North Dakota and Minnesota state courts. The firm dates to 1879.

Since 1879Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningWills

1-701-353-0454

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

51 Broadway North, Suite 400, Fargo, ND 58102

Fargo office of a regional firm, serving the Red River Valley, North Dakota, and northern Minnesota. Its trusts and estates group of more than 30 attorneys and professionals represents personal representatives, trustees, and charitable institutions, and includes nine Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningCharitable Planning

1-701-237-8200

Nilles Law Firm

201 5th St N, Suite 1800, Fargo, ND 58102

Downtown Fargo firm serving North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Estate and trust administration guides families through probate, alongside estate tax planning, guardianship and conservatorship, and estate litigation. The firm traces its roots more than 100 years and has operated in downtown Fargo for its entire existence.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-701-237-5544

Ohnstad Twichell, P.C.

444 Sheyenne Street, Suite 102, West Fargo, ND 58078

Serves Cass, Traill, and Benson counties from five offices in West Fargo, Casselton, Hillsboro, Page, and Maddock. Addresses newly named personal representatives and successor trustees directly: cataloging and valuing assets, filing court documents, paying creditor claims and estate taxes, and distributing to heirs, with litigation when disputes arise.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law

1-701-707-0310

Sandin Law

474 45th St S, Suite 201, Fargo, ND 58103

Fargo firm handling probate and trust administration in North Dakota and Minnesota. Walks personal representatives through informal probate, where they manage assets and file the documents, and formal probate, where the judge approves nearly every detail. Successor trustees get asset gathering, valuation, creditor notification, and distribution.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateCharitable Planning

1-701-404-2900

Scheidecker Law

1630 First Ave. N., Suite B #109, Fargo, ND 58102

Solo practice in Fargo covering the Fargo-Moorhead border area, Cass and Clay counties. Handles probate in both states and is specific about scope: Minnesota probate applies above $75,000 and North Dakota above $50,000, and full resolution usually runs 12 to 18 months either side of the river. Free consultations.

Solo PracticeFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateWills

1-701-941-5800

Serkland Law Firm

10 Roberts Street N, Fargo, ND 58102

Fargo firm founded in 1888, representing professionals, business owners, and families. Probate and trust administration sits alongside trust and estate disputes and litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, preparation of estate and fiduciary tax returns, and farm and family business succession planning. Five attorneys carry the estate practice, led by Michael C. Studer.

Since 1888Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipWills

1-701-232-8957

Swenseth Law Office, PLLC

4201 38th Street SW, Suite 105, Fargo, ND 58104

Serves rural North Dakota from Devils Lake, with meeting space in Grand Forks and Fargo. Handles probate and trust administration, Medicaid asset protection, special needs and life insurance trusts, and farm and business succession for families, farmers, and small businesses. An attorney and a CPA are both on staff, so estate accounting and tax work stay in one office.

Solo PracticeEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

1-701-662-5058

Vogel Law Firm

218 NP Avenue, Fargo, ND 58102

Serves North Dakota and Minnesota from Fargo, Bismarck, and Moorhead. Probate administration covers petitions, inventories and accountings, estate tax returns, and property transfer deeds; the litigation side handles will contests, fiduciary claims, and disputed estate tax matters. Mineral probate is a named intake category.

Since 1880Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

1-701-237-6983

Wold Johnson, P.C.

500 2nd Ave N, Suite 400, Fargo, ND 58102

Downtown Fargo firm serving the Fargo-Moorhead area. Assists personal representatives with probate filings, preparation of tax returns, and coordinating beneficiary distributions, and runs a separate fiduciary litigation practice representing both fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Also handles business succession and real estate transfers to heirs.

Since 1916Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Succession

1-701-235-5515

Probate in Cass County

Probate Court Record

Cass County District Court

Cass County · East Central Judicial District

Phone

1-701-451-6900

09clerk@ndcourts.gov

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Office

211 9th Street South, Fargo, ND 58103

Website

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E-filing

Required for attorneys

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

Court forms packet

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How to file probate in Cass County →

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Do I need a lawyer for probate in Cass County? →Settling an estate in Cass County →

Trust Administration Firms Serving Cass County

Crowley Fleck PLLP

100 West Broadway Avenue, Suite 250, Bismarck, ND 58501

Bismarck office of a regional firm, the largest of its North Dakota offices, with a second office in Williston. Guides personal representatives and trustees through asset management, estate and gift tax returns, fiduciary accountings, elective share and allowances, and beneficiary and creditor claims, and carries trust and estate disputes through appeal.

Since 1895Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness SuccessionEstate Tax Planning

1-701-223-6585

Larson Latham Huettl LLP

1100 College Drive, Bismarck, ND 58501

Bismarck firm serving Bismarck, Mandan, and the rest of North Dakota. Handles formal and informal probate, guardianship and conservatorship, will contests, and trust administration, within an elder law practice spanning Medicaid, nursing home planning, and veterans’ medical care. Two attorneys are members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-701-223-5300

Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm

38 Second Avenue East, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601

The oldest law firm in western North Dakota and eastern Montana, practicing from Dickinson since 1889, with lawyers licensed in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Estate planning and probate is a named practice with three assigned attorneys. Mineral work includes clearing title to oil, gas, coal and wind interests and dormant mineral claims. Free consultations.

Since 1889Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawEstate Tax Planning

1-701-456-3210

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

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How Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in North Dakota happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 days, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

In North Dakota, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent) unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in North Dakota: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 180 days of appointment; creditors have 3 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.

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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?

North Dakota requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040; a federal estate tax return (Form 706) is required only for estates above $15,000,000.

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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Cass County, North Dakota

Astrup Law Office, P.C.

Probate in Cass County

Cass County District Court

Trust Administration Firms Serving Cass County

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

Revocable Living Trust

Pour-Over Will

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

How Do I Settle a Trust?

What's Fair Trustee Compensation?

How Do I Settle an Estate?

Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?

How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Cass County, North Dakota

Astrup Law Office, P.C.