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Probate in Pottawatomie County
Probate Court Record
Pottawatomie County District Court
Pottawatomie County · 23rd Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Office
325 North Broadway Avenue, Shawnee, OK 74801
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Trust Administration Firms Serving Pottawatomie County
Denker & Associates serves Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County with estate planning, probate, guardianship, and power of attorney matters. The firm offers free consultations.
Elwell and Spain is an estate planning and business law firm serving clients throughout Oklahoma including Norman, Moore, Oklahoma City, and Edmond.
Serves western Oklahoma from Clinton and Weatherford, with a third office in Oklahoma City. Handles probate for Oklahoma residents and for non-residents who owned Oklahoma property, summary and ancillary administrations, trust administration, and will and trust contests, along with the title work and court approval needed to sell a decedent's land and minerals.
Amy J. Sine has been recognized in Best Lawyers 2024 and 2025 for Trusts & Estates and was named Best Lawyers 2025 Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City for Litigation, Trusts & Estates.
Founded over 40 years ago, Postic & Bates is an estate planning law firm that serves clients in the Oklahoma City area.
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oklahoma
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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