Stark and Hammack, PC has served Southern Oregon since 1970 from its Medford office, focusing on estate planning, wills, trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships alongside real estate and general business law. Three-attorney practice with deep roots in the Rogue Valley.
Probate in Josephine County
Probate Court Record
Josephine County Circuit Court
Josephine County · 14th Judicial District
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Office
510 Northwest 5th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526
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Trust Administration Firms Serving Josephine County
Serves Klamath, Jackson, Lake, Josephine, Curry, Coos, and Douglas counties from Klamath Falls, with virtual appointments for the outlying counties. Handles wills and trusts, probate, and deed preparation, alongside a consumer bankruptcy practice that matters when an estate carries more debt than assets. Free initial consultation for estate planning matters.
Rubin & Wickersham, Attorneys at Law PC practices family law, estate planning, and property litigation in Roseburg, Oregon. Founded in 2003, the firm serves Douglas County residents with trust and estate planning, real estate transactions, and business organization matters.
Sarah Wolf specializes exclusively in estate planning and administration in Roseburg, Oregon. With over 20 years of legal experience, including prior work as a Deputy District Attorney, she has handled thousands of estate planning cases. The firm offers home visits for clients who have difficulty traveling to the office.
Schultz & Associates Law Center assists clients in all areas of estate and legal planning, including Medicaid planning and probate administration in Eugene, Oregon.
Serves Jackson and Josephine counties from Medford. Builds and funds revocable living trusts to keep an estate out of probate, and handles trust administration after a death, along with planning for incapacity during life.
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oregon
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Revocable Living Trust
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Pour-Over Will
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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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Oregon
Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Oregon: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Oregon.
How Do I Settle a Trust?
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.
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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
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.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
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.
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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?
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.
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How Does Step-Up in Basis Work?
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.
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