Established in 1919, Foulston Siefkin runs an Estate Planning and Probate group from its Wichita, Topeka and Overland Park offices. The group administers large estates and trusts, represents fiduciaries, beneficiaries, guardians and conservators, and litigates will contests and trust construction suits. It also plans farm and closely held business succession.
Gardner is in Johnson County.
More Trust Litigation Firms in Johnson County
Small Overland Park estate firm serving the Kansas City metro area; Thomas H. Sullivan also keeps an office in Phillipsburg. Handles probate and trust administration and represents families in estate litigation over contested wills, undue influence, and executor or trustee breaches of fiduciary duty. Most services are billed at a flat fee, and the initial consultation carries no charge.
Joco Legal works from Corporate Woods in Overland Park, taking probate matters across Johnson County and the Kansas City metro in Kansas and Missouri. Its attorneys guide executors and beneficiaries through probate, handle guardianships and conservatorships, and litigate will contests and trustee disputes. The free initial consultation is in person or virtual.
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, LLP
9401 Indian Creek Pkwy, Building 40, Suite 1150, Overland Park, KS 66210
Wichita firm founded in 1951, with estate administration attorneys in its Wichita and Overland Park offices. Takes estates through probate court from filing to distribution, guides successor trustees, prepares fiduciary income, estate and gift tax returns, and represents trustees and beneficiaries in trust and probate disputes. Also handles adult guardianships and conservatorships.
Probate firm founded in 2021 by Tiffannie Kennedy, with offices in Prairie Village, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, serving clients throughout both states. It handles probate administration, small estates, heirship and refusal of letters, and litigates will contests, trust contests and challenges to non-probate transfers, with partner Jason Cantrell focused on trust administration.
Probate in Johnson County
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Kansas
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How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Kansas happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust CodeK.S.A. 58a-101 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 daysK.S.A. 58a-813, 58a-1005Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
In Kansas, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58a-708Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
How Do I Settle an Estate?
Settling an estate in Kansas: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 30 daysK.S.A. 59-1201, 59-1202, 59-1203Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 monthsK.S.A. 59-2239, 59-2236, 59-709, 59-1301Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.
