Blish & Cavanagh is a Providence litigation firm founded in 1986 whose estate practice runs from initial planning through administration of a client's estate. Its estate work includes probate, trusts, guardianships, elder law, probate and estate litigation, and business succession planning. Attorneys will meet clients at home if they cannot come to the Providence office.
Cranston is in Providence County.
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Blais Cunningham & Crowe Chester serves Rhode Island clients from Pawtucket and North Kingstown, with estate and probate matters handled through its Pawtucket office. Its lawyers assist personal representatives with estate administration, establish guardianships, and represent clients in will and trust contests. The firm has practiced since 1926.
Correira Law is a trusts and estates boutique with a Providence office and offices in Massachusetts and Florida. It handles trust and probate estate administration and trust and estate litigation, including will contests, fiduciary removal cases, omitted spouse and child shares, and trust reformations at the probate, superior, and appellate court levels.
Duffy & Sweeney is a Providence litigation firm, a division of Stevens & Lee since June 2025, handling trust and estate disputes across Rhode Island. Its fiduciary practice covers will contests, petitions to remove trustees, accounting actions, trust termination and construction actions, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and service as guardian ad litem.
Hinckley Allen's Providence office advises individuals, families, business owners, and institutional trustees. Its trusts and estates group handles estate and trust administration and trust and estate litigation as well as estate planning, and in July 2026 added seven trusts and estates attorneys from Cameron & Mittleman, bringing the group to 30 attorneys and professionals.
Pannone Devereaux & O'Gara is based in Johnston with offices in Massachusetts and Florida. Its estate team, led by Bernard A. Jackvony and Gene M. Carlino, handles probate administration, trust administration, and trust and estate litigation, including will contests and disputes over trust management and distributions.
Probate in Providence County
Probate Court Record
City of Providence Probate Court
Providence County
Phone
Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 12:30 PM-4:30 PM; Wednesday, Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Office
25 Dorrance Street, 5th Floor, Providence, RI 02903
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Walk-ins accepted
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Allowed
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Rhode Island
Free Rhode Island forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Rhode Island.
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Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Rhode Island: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool.
How Do I Settle a Trust?
Settling a trust in Rhode Island happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's trust statuteR.I. Gen. Laws Title 18, Chapter 18-4 (Powers of Fiduciaries); § 18-4-27 (validity of trusts)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 Rhode Island, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-6-1Verified 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 Rhode Island: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 daysR.I. Gen. Laws §§ 33-9-1, 33-9-4Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 6 monthsR.I. Gen. Laws §§ 33-11-4, 33-11-5, 33-11-5.1, 33-11-5.2, 33-12-11, 33-18-1Verified Oct 19, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 6 months to 12 months.
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