Probate in Washington County

Probate Court Record

Washington County Orphans' Court

Washington County

Hours

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

Office

Crossroads Center, 95 West Beau Street, Suite 425, Washington, PA 15301

E-filing

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Washington County

Two-attorney firm founded in 1993, with offices in Beaver and Sewickley, serving Greater Pittsburgh, the Beaver Valley, and surrounding counties. Handles probate and estate administration from the petition and executor appointment through the inventory, inheritance tax return, and distribution, plus trust administration and will contests and family disputes over estates and trusts. All initial consultations are free, in person or virtual.

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Harrisburg-based firm on Pine Street with Pennsylvania offices in Lancaster, York, Reading, State College, Pittsburgh, Plymouth Meeting and Radnor. Guides executors and trustees through estate and trust administration, including gathering assets, paying debts, inheritance, estate and income tax returns, fiduciary accountings and Orphans' Court petitions. Its fiduciary litigators handle surcharge actions, objections to accounts, elective share claims and guardianship proceedings in the Orphans' Court.

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Harrisburg firm on Linglestown Road, opened in 2005, with a second office in Newport, representing executors, trustees, guardians, and beneficiaries across Pennsylvania. Probates wills for in-state and out-of-state executors, handles ancillary probate, trust administration, and estate tax returns, and litigates will contests, claims against fiduciaries, and demands for accounting or removal of trustees and executors.

Since 2005Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

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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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Settling an estate in Pennsylvania: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 270 days20 Pa.C.S. §§ 3301-3303Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 12 months20 Pa.C.S. §§ 3162, 3381-3392, 3532Verified Oct 19, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 9 months.

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