Founded in 1963, Logan & Lowry serves Craig and Delaware counties from offices in Vinita and Grove, handling estate planning, probate, and trust administration. Mark Curnutte is an ACTEC Fellow and a Super Lawyers estate planning honoree since 2006.
Probate in Muskogee County
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Muskogee County District Court
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Trust Administration Firms Serving Muskogee County
An estate-planning-focused firm serving northeastern Oklahoma from Grove and South Tulsa, covering wills, trusts, powers of attorney, medical directives, probate, trust administration, and adult guardianship for Delaware County families.
The Hartley Law Firm serves Northeast Oklahoma from offices in Vinita, Miami, and Tulsa, providing estate planning, probate, trust administration, and real estate services.
Ball Morse Lowe serves families across all 77 Oklahoma counties from Oklahoma City, handling estate planning, probate, trust administration, and trust litigation. The firm offers flat fees for many estate planning services.
Crowe & Dunlevy offers counsel in nearly 30 practice areas including trusts and estates, with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, and Houston.
GableGotwals is a full-service business law firm with a strong trusts and estates practice serving clients throughout Oklahoma.
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oklahoma
Free Oklahoma forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Oklahoma.
Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
Pour-Over Will
In Oklahoma, a pour-over will is signed before 284 O.S. § 55Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oklahoma
Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Oklahoma: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Oklahoma.
How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Oklahoma happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code60 O.S. § 1601.1 et seq. (Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, HB 1850, eff. Nov 1, 2025); 60 O.S. § 175.1 et seq. (Oklahoma Trust Act, residual)Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 days60 O.S. § 1601.1 et seq. (Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, Laws 2025, c. 254, eff. Nov. 1, 2025)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
In Oklahoma, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)60 O.S. § 1607.8 (Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code); 60 O.S. § 175.48 (Oklahoma Trust Act)Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in Oklahoma: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 60 days58 O.S. §§ 281, 289Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 2 monthsOkla. Stat. tit. 58, §§ 331, 333, 591Verified Oct 19, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?
Oklahoma requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 104068 Okla. Stat. § 2355Verified 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.
How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?
Inherited assets in Oklahoma 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 rates68 O.S. § 2358(F) (individual capital gain deduction); § 2358(D) (same deduction for corporations, ESTATES and TRUSTS); § 2355(D) (TY2026+ rate schedule); § 2355(J) (fiduciaries taxed at single-filer rates)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
