Probate in Delaware County

Probate Court Record

Delaware County Orphans' Court

Delaware County

Hours

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

Office

201 West Front Street, Media, PA 19063

Files probate

Probate

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Appointment required

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Allowed

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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Delaware County

West Conshohocken trust and estate firm in Montgomery County, founded in 1994, that appears before the Register of Wills and Orphans' Courts throughout Pennsylvania. Represents executors and trustees in probating wills, filing federal estate, state death and fiduciary income tax returns, and discharging the executor by family agreement or formal audit, and litigates will and trust contests, fiduciary accountings, surcharge and removal, and contested guardianships for beneficiaries and fiduciaries alike.

Since 1994Serves 5 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

Multi-practice firm with its main office in Norristown, minutes from the Montgomery County Courthouse, and offices in Doylestown and Feasterville-Trevose serving Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware counties. Handles probate from the petition for grant of letters at the Register of Wills through inventory, payment of liabilities and distribution, and litigates will contests and trust disputes over administration, breach of fiduciary duty and trustee inaction, alongside wills, trusts, powers of attorney and guardianships.

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Estate-law boutique with its main office on Delancey Place in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and meeting locations in Glenside, Doylestown and King of Prussia, serving Philadelphia and the Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Berks, Lehigh and Lancaster County areas as well as New Jersey. Helps executors and administrators probate and settle estates, administers trusts and guardianships, and litigates will contests and trust, probate and guardianship disputes; the firm has focused only on estate law for more than two decades and offers a free consultation.

Serves 8 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

Family law and estates firm with a Walnut Street office in Center City Philadelphia and offices in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties. Handles probate administration with the Register of Wills and Orphans' Court, trust administration for individual trustees, and probate litigation over contested wills, trust disputes and fiduciary mismanagement.

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Blue Bell firm that routinely handles matters in the Register of Wills and Orphans' Court, representing personal representatives in Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties. Takes executors and administrators through letters, the estate inventory, creditor claims, the PA inheritance tax return, the accounting and distribution, and litigates will and trust contests, executor and trustee disputes and guardianships in the Orphans' Court. Case evaluations are free.

Serves 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

Lancaster firm on East King Street whose Trusts & Estates Practice Group works across south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, with main offices in Gettysburg, Hanover, Camp Hill, Lebanon, Malvern, Wyomissing, Schuylkill Haven and York. Guides personal representatives through estate administration and assists trustees, guardians and agents under powers of attorney with their fiduciary duties. Trust and estate litigators handle will contests, surcharge actions and contested guardianship proceedings.

Serves 8 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

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Settling a trust in Pennsylvania happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's Uniform Trust Code20 Pa.C.S. § 7701 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 30 days20 Pa.C.S. § 7780.3Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.

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