Trust Administration Attorneys in Chittenden County, Vermont

14 trust administration firms have an office in Chittenden County, Vermont. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Chittenden County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning21 Tax Planning11 Special Needs Planning4 Asset Protection6 Medicaid Planning7

Settling an estate

Trust Administration14 Probate19 Probate Litigation7 Trust Litigation6

Capacity and care

Elder Law6 Guardianship9

Firm Type

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14 firms

Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick, LLP

34 Pearl Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452

Essex Junction firm on Pearl Street in Chittenden County. Represents executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration, from probate petitions, estate tax returns and accountings to trust and probate litigation, and handles adult and minor guardianship. Most estate planning work is billed on a flat fee.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+8

1-802-879-6304

Dinse, P.C.

209 Battery Street, Burlington, VT 05402

Burlington firm on Battery Street, opened in 1917, whose estate group handles estates of all sizes. It guides families through estate administration and distribution, including probate court, property transfers and federal and state estate tax returns, and administers and interprets trusts, charitable trusts and private foundations. Probate and trust litigation is supported by the firm's litigation group.

Since 1917Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-802-864-5751

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

199 Main Street, Suite 600, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington firm on Main Street with Vermont offices in Montpelier, St. Johnsbury and Brattleboro and one in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Its trusts and estates team handles probating wills, trust administration, gift and estate tax returns, and probate and trust dispute resolution, alongside planning for U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. The group is chaired by Willemien Dingemans Miller, an ACTEC Fellow since 2000.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-802-863-2375

Gravel & Shea PC

76 St. Paul Street, 7th Floor, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington firm on St. Paul Street, traced to the practice Clarke A. Gravel opened in 1955 after serving as Chittenden probate judge. It handles all phases of probate, estate and trust administration for estates from modest to multi-million-dollar, including probate court filings, appraisals, estate and fiduciary income tax returns and post-mortem tax planning. Its litigators take on will and trust contests, creditor claims, fiduciary accountings and removal of trustees and administrators.

Since 1955Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-802-658-0220

Holly Lemieux, Attorney at Law

21 Carmichael Street, Suite 201, Essex Junction, VT 05452

Solo practice on Carmichael Street in Essex Junction, Chittenden County, run by Holly Lemieux, who is licensed in Vermont and Massachusetts. She guides executors and administrators through Vermont probate from the petition to open the estate onward, and advises trustees on trust administration, alongside Medicaid and long-term care planning and special needs trusts. Estate planning consultations are free; elder law, probate and trust administration consultations carry a fee.

Solo PracticeEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

1-802-871-5410

Clarke Demas & Berger

346 Shelburne Road, Suite 602, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington firm on Shelburne Road. Administers decedents' trusts and estates, advising executors, personal representatives and trustees or serving in those roles directly, and handles probate administration and litigation, co-counseling contested probate matters with its litigation group. Also helps clients qualify for long-term care Medicaid.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax Planning+3

1-802-652-1400

Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP

210 College Street, Suite 400, Burlington, VT 05401

Firm with offices in Middlebury and Burlington. Assists executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries in administering estates and trusts whether or not the assets pass through probate, and its estate litigators bring and defend will, trust and administration challenges in Probate Court, Superior Court and the Vermont Supreme Court.

Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

1-802-864-0217

Montroll, Oettinger & Barquist P.C.

126 College Street, Suite 400, Burlington, VT 05401

Five-attorney firm on College Street in downtown Burlington. It represents executors and administrators through Vermont probate, from opening the estate and filing the will through the inventory, creditor claims and the decree of distribution, and advises trustees through final distribution of a trust. It also drafts wills, living trusts and powers of attorney.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

1-802-540-0250

Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC

30 Main Street, Suite 500, Burlington, VT 05402

Regional firm with Vermont offices in Burlington and Woodstock. Its estate practice takes executors through Vermont probate, from filing the will through the inventory, estate and gift tax returns and distribution, and handles trust administration and accountings. Its litigators handle will contests, removal of trustees or personal representatives and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning

1-802-864-0880

Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C.

30 Main Street, 6th Floor, Burlington, VT 05402

Burlington firm with a White River Junction office whose attorneys handle matters in all fourteen Vermont counties. Its estates and trusts attorneys represent trustees in trust administration and fiduciaries and families in probate court estate and guardianship proceedings. Principal Mark Melendy served on the bar committees that drafted Vermont's trust-decanting and directed-trust acts.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

1-802-864-9891

Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC

26 Railroad Ave, Essex Junction, VT 05452

Essex Junction estate planning and elder law firm handling trust administration for clients throughout Vermont, from Burlington to St. Johnsbury and Newport. After a death it guides successor trustees through transferring trust assets, and it prepares long-term care Medicaid applications and special needs plans. Ellen LaPlante is licensed in Vermont and New York.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-802-879-7133

Wick & Maddocks

308 College St, Burlington, VT 05402

Chittenden County firm with offices in Burlington and Essex Junction, practicing since 1980. It assists executors and trustees with administering wills, trusts and estates both inside and outside the probate process, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and Medicaid planning. Initial consultations are free, and evening or weekend appointments are arranged as needed.

Since 1980Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning+2

1-802-658-3037

Stackpole & French Law Offices

5068 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482

Stowe firm with offices in Jeffersonville, Waterbury and Shelburne, representing clients in probate estates and guardianships in all Vermont counties. It works with executors, heirs and beneficiaries on estate settlement and trust administration, coordinates estate tax filings, and can itself serve as executor, administrator or successor trustee.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningGuardianship+2

1-802-253-7339

Wiener & Slater Law Offices, PLLC

110 Main Street, Suite 4F, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington firm serving Chittenden County since Marc Wiener opened his practice in 1979. For executors it locates and secures estate assets, obtains appraisals, advises on debts, sells property and retitles assets to beneficiaries. Attorney Launa Slater focuses on estate planning, elder law, guardianship, probate and trust administration; the first one-hour consultation is free.

Since 1979Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-802-863-1836

Probate in Chittenden County

Probate Court Record

Chittenden County Superior Court - Probate Division

Chittenden County

Phone

1-802-651-1518

chittendenunit@vtcourts.gov

Hours

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

Office

175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401

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 Chittenden County →

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Chittenden County

Maple Haven Law, PLLC

3737 Waterbury Stowe Road, Waterbury Center, VT 05677

Two-attorney firm with offices in Waterbury Center and Middlebury, serving clients throughout Vermont. Handles probate estates and trust administration for executors, heirs and beneficiaries, has served as administrator or executor of estates, and coordinates estate tax filings and property sales. The team will meet clients at home, in a hospital or care facility, or at the courthouse.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipCriminal LawFamily Law

1-802-477-3434

Parker Law, PLLC

38 Community Lane, Suite 4, South Hero, VT 05486

South Hero practice based in Grand Isle County that represents clients in almost every Vermont county. Harry Parker handles probate and trust administration and minor and adult guardianships, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and special needs plans. The Vermont Supreme Court appointed him in November 2025 to the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Probate Procedure.

Solo PracticeServes the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipSpecial Needs PlanningReal Estate

1-802-372-6904

Otterman and Allen, P.C.

186 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641

Barre firm established in 1965 that assists clients throughout Vermont with estate planning and probate. It represents executors, administrators and trustees and also serves in those fiduciary roles itself; its staff prepare estate, guardianship and trust accountings. The firm also handles guardianship establishment, administration and disputes.

Since 1965Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipBusiness Law

1-802-479-2552

Putnam & Menard, PLC

1 Cross Street, Middlebury, VT 05753

Middlebury firm formed in 2020 that practices in all of Vermont's civil, probate and environmental courts. Attorney Amy Menard focuses her litigation practice on trust and estate matters, handles probate and trust administration, and commonly serves as an estate administrator or trustee. Planning work includes wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid long-term care planning.

Since 2020Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-802-388-7966

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Vermont

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Pour-Over Will

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Vermont

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

How Do I Settle a Trust?

Settling a trust in Vermont 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 Vermont, 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 Vermont: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 60 days of appointment; creditors have 4 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.

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Do I Have to File Tax Returns for Someone Who Died?

Vermont 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 Vermont take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular rates, after the first $5,000 of gain is excluded.

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Chittenden County, Vermont

Probate in Chittenden County

Chittenden County Superior Court - Probate Division

Trust Administration Firms Serving Chittenden County

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Vermont

Revocable Living Trust

Pour-Over Will

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Vermont

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 Chittenden County, Vermont