Burlington family law firm on Kilburn Street in Chittenden County with an estate planning practice. Its planning documents cover financial protection for children, asset protection, estate tax planning, healthcare choices, business succession and end-of-life care. Consultations are by phone or in person and billed at the attorney's hourly rate.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Colchester firm on Hercules Drive in Chittenden County, established in 2010, with a by-appointment office in St. Albans. It guides executors, administrators and trustees through the Vermont Probate Division, from court filings and creditor notices to asset transfers and administration without a will, and offers guardianship representation. Managing attorney Lisa Gale has practiced in Vermont for over 30 years, and the firm pairs probate with residential real estate and title work.

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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.

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