Trust Administration Attorneys in Ward County, North Dakota

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

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning10 Tax Planning1 Medicaid Planning1

Settling an estate

Trust Administration8 Probate9

Capacity and care

Elder Law1 Guardianship1

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8 firms

Demakis Law, PLLC

1408 20th Avenue SW, Suite 11, Minot, ND 58701

Minot practice serving Ward County families, with estate work built around the local energy economy: how mineral royalties will be divided, and what becomes of a family business. Sets up trusts holding mineral rights and family LLCs preserving access to generational property, alongside probate guidance, guardianship, and conservatorship.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-701-838-2080

Law Office of Diane K. Lautt, PLLC

111 11th Ave SW, Suite 4, Minot, ND 58702

Minot practice serving Ward County and out-of-state residents who own North Dakota property or minerals. Handles probate and estate administration and trust administration, mineral trusts for generational transfer, oil and gas pipeline and surface damage agreements, and farm and ranch business succession. Also sets up guardianships and conservatorships for special-needs children reaching 18.

Solo PracticeEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipBusiness SuccessionSpecial Needs

1-701-852-3060

Legacy Design Strategies

7 Third Street SE, Suite 202, Minot, ND 58701

Minot office of a firm serving North Dakota and seven neighboring states. Spells out the trustee’s job step by step: notifying beneficiaries, collecting and protecting trust assets, handling bills, final expenses and taxes, managing a home, farm or business interest, and distributing under the trust terms. Caps its settlement fees. Free consultations.

Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateMedicaid PlanningBusiness Succession

1-701-838-1998

Maverick Law Group, PLLC

2151 36th Ave SW, Suite B, Minot, ND 58701

Minot firm, formerly Boppre Law Firm, serving north-central North Dakota. Has assisted personal representatives from across the country in administering North Dakota estates, and represents heirs disputing an administration as well as creditors of the decedent. Opens delayed probates years after a death, and prepares wills complying with the American Indian Probate Reform Act.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law

1-701-852-5224

Maxson Law Office, P.C.

320 16th Street NW, Minot, ND 58703

Minot firm serving northeast and northwest North Dakota. Itemizes its probate work: filing the will with the court, transferring assets to the estate, valuing it, paying taxes and debts, locating beneficiaries, and challenging invalid wills or defending valid ones. Also handles mineral succession and royalty disputes, mineral trusts, and life estate deeds.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAgricultural LawBusiness Law+2

1-701-839-6704

McGee, Hankla & Backes, PC

2400 E Burdick Expy, #100, Minot, ND 58701

Minot firm in practice since 1901, with four of its attorneys carrying the estate work. Advises family members, beneficiaries, and creditors through formal and informal probate and intestacy proceedings, will contests, and guardianships, and represents beneficiaries, administrators, executors, and trustees in estate litigation.

Since 1901Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planning

1-701-852-2544

Olson & Burns, P.C.

17 1st Avenue SE, Minot, ND 58702

Minot firm serving north-central North Dakota, with attorneys in Kenmare and Fargo. Estate work covers wills, health care directives, powers of attorney, probate, and trust creation, within a practice representing more than 40 banks statewide and handling creditors’ rights — useful context for an estate facing claims. Also mineral title and division orders.

Since 1985Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-701-839-1740

Pringle & Herigstad, P.C.

2525 Elk Drive, Minot, ND 58701

Serving North Dakota since 1909 from Minot, with a Grand Forks office. Estate administration and probate is aimed particularly at families owning farm and mineral property, where much of the estate is real estate or business assets. Handles administration of estates and trusts, fiduciary work, trust drafting, estate tax installment options, and probate litigation.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-800-735-4064

Probate in Ward County

Probate Court Record

Ward County District Court

Ward County · North Central Judicial District

Phone

1-701-857-6600

51clerk@ndcourts.gov

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Office

315 3rd Street Southeast, Minot, ND 58701

Website

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E-filing

Required for attorneys

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

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How to file probate in Ward County →

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Ward 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

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

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

Free North Dakota forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for North Dakota.

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Revocable Living Trust

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Pour-Over Will

In North Dakota, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in North Dakota

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in North Dakota: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool.

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?

Inherited assets in North Dakota take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death, and the gain on a later sale faces state tax on the 60% of long-term gain left after a 40% exclusion.

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Ward County, North Dakota

Probate in Ward County

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Ward 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 Ward County, North Dakota