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Benton County · 21st Judicial District
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Tom Hoyt practices from Eugene, serving Lane County families through the Lane County Circuit Court. Handles wills and trusts, probate and estate administration, and contested estate matters, alongside business and real estate work. The firm keeps no website; reach it by phone.
Collier Law is a locally-owned Salem firm specializing in estate planning, living trusts, and probate. The firm develops long-term relationships with clients and provides a warm, calming environment for estate planning discussions. Spanish speaking attorneys and staff available.
Evans Batlan Getchell LLC is an estate planning law firm in Salem, Oregon, helping clients create wills and trusts, and providing guidance in probate and trust administration after death.
Serves Linn, Benton, Marion, Polk, and Lincoln counties from Albany. Handles wills and trusts, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, estate litigation, and guardianship and conservatorship petitions. Offers a free 30-minute initial consultation.
Serves Florence and the central Oregon coast, in Lane County. Laurel Ferguson handles estate settlement, trust administration, and estate planning, including review of existing documents, property disposition, tax questions, and long-term care and Medicaid planning. She has owned the firm since 2020; founder Jane Hanawalt retired at the end of 2025. Complimentary initial consultation.
Hershner Hunter estate planning attorneys in Eugene, Oregon specialize in wills and trusts, probate, and business succession planning for individuals and families throughout the Willamette Valley. The firm has served the region for over 75 years.
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In Oregon, a pour-over will is signed before 2ORS 112.235Verified Oct 19, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
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Settling a trust in Oregon happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeORS 130.001 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
In Oregon, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)ORS 130.635Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
Settling an estate in Oregon: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysORS 113.165, ORS 113.175Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 monthsORS §§ 113.155, 115.003, 115.005, 115.125Verified Oct 19, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.
Oregon requires a final state income tax return for the decedent alongside the federal Form 1040ORS 316.037Verified 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.
Inherited assets in Oregon 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 rates.
1 trust administration firm has an office in Benton County, Oregon. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Benton County office and its phone.
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Evashevski Elliott PC has represented individuals in Oregon's Willamette Valley for more than 25 years in estate planning, probate and trust administration, and trust and estate litigation.
