Probate and Estate Administration

After the death of a loved one, you need to spend time with your family to assist them with dealing with the many changes affecting their lives. For the many legal issues that often need to be addressed at that difficult time, you can turn to us at the law firm of William R. Bunt. For over 40 years we have been assisting people with the legal issues that face every family after the passing of a loved one.

Serving Perry County, Pennsylvania: Probate and Estate Attorney

Our firm provides each of our clients with legal advice that is uniquely tailored to each specific situation. Canned documents and generic forms cannot address the uniqueness of a given situation or the local rules and procedures that might affect one case differently than another. The law firm of William R. Bunt can. Our experienced legal judgment recognizes the nuances of local practice and the rural nature of Perry County. We work with our clients to help preserve not only the family's hard-earned assets but preserve family relationships by drafting legal documents that meet their specific needs. For this reason, probate and estate administration matters respond well to our firm's personalized approach. We take the time to know our clients. Many of our clients, in fact, become long-term clients of ours, seeking our legal judgment with respect to assisting them with a variety of their legal concerns year after year.

We assist our clients with the entire probate and estate administration process, including:

  • Inheritance tax
  • Decedent's tax returns
  • Notification to all creditors, heirs, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and local newspapers
  • Administration of decedent's estates
  • Avoiding Pennsylvania Department of Revenue penalties and interest

We know that the probate and estate administration process is for many people their last way of paying respect to their loved ones by closing out the estate expeditiously and in accordance with the decedent's directions. Our firm prides itself on completing this process with the least possible acrimony among beneficiaries while also complying with all legal requirements.

Estate Administration Lawyer Serving Perry County and All Surrounding Areas

Please contact our law firm to schedule an initial consultation with our firm's experienced Perry County probate lawyer, William R. Bunt, at 717-743-1755. You can also contact us online. All discussions with potential clients are kept completely confidential. We make an effort to return all phone calls within 24 hours of receipt.