Probate, Wills & Trusts
I provide efficient estate planning and probate services to families, farmers, ranchers, mineral owners, and business owners throughout North Dakota.
My Estate Planning & Probate Services Include:
Wills and Revocable Living Trusts Simple and complex wills, pour-over wills, revocable trusts to avoid probate, and testamentary trusts for minor children or special needs beneficiaries.
Powers of Attorney & Health Care Directives Durable financial powers of attorney, health care directives, living wills, and HIPAA authorizations.
Irrevocable Trusts Medicaid asset-protection trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), special needs trusts, and gun trusts (NFA/firearms).
Cabin/Special-Use Property Trusts Keeping the lake cabin or hunting land in the family for generations without forcing a sale among heirs.
Probate Administration Full-service formal and informal probate (supervised and unsupervised), summary proceedings for smaller estates, and determination of descent for estates open more than three years.
Trust Administration Successor trustee guidance, beneficiary representation, and trust termination/modification under North Dakota’s Uniform Trust Code.
Guardianships & Conservatorships Adult and minor guardianships, healthcare directives, and powers of attorney.
Probate Litigation Will contests, undue influence claims, breach of fiduciary duty by personal representatives or trustees, and mineral royalty disputes after death.
Why Clients Choose Me for Estate Planning & Probate
Rigorous analytical training let me quickly understand and optimize complex family balance sheets, mineral royalty streams, farm accounting, trust income projections
Flat-fee pricing for many wills, trusts, and basic probate matters—no surprise hourly bills during an already difficult time.
Solo practice = personal attention from the same attorney from planning through probate; I return calls quickly and meet evenings or weekends when needed.
Whether you’re a young family wanting basic wills, a rancher trying to keep the land intact for the next generation, a mineral owner worried about what happens to your royalties when you’re gone, or an executor overwhelmed by probate paperwork, I make the process clear, affordable, and stress-free.
Contact me today for a no-obligation estate-planning review or probate consultation. Planning ahead costs far less than the problems it prevents—let’s get your family protected.
