Free Tools and Information
for Hebron, ME Consumers
- Maine PROBATE COURT FINDER:
- How Probate Works in Maine: How to handle the probate of an inheritance at Oxford County's probate court.
- Small Estates Procedures in Maine: Learn how to use Maine's Small Estate procedures that can save you time and money.
You can use an Affidavit in Maine for estates with less than $40,000, not counting liens or encumbrances (like a mortgage). There is a thirty-day waiting period.
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. 3-1201 and following.
You can use a summary probate procedure for estates in which the value of the estate, less liens or encumbrances, doesn't exceed the homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, and cots of administration, funeral expenses, and last illness expenses.
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. 3-1203 and following.
A surviving spouse who inherits everything outright can also use a summary probate procedure.
- Maine Estate Taxes:
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The state of Maine imposes an estate tax on property owned in Maine. If you are inheriting property from the state of Maine, it may be subject to estate tax if the overall value of the estate is more than $6,410,000.
- Avoiding Probate in Maine. Find out what property bypasses probate death and goes directly to beneficiaries. such as:
- MEANS TEST CALCULATOR
- for Oxford County, Maine (applies the state and county income and expense standards into your means test calculation. Updated with the latest median income and expense standards for May 15, 2024)
- Maine BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTION FINDER: Search detailed listings of bankruptcy exemptions under Maine law and Federal law, for use in filing out Schedule C, when you file for bankruptcy.
- Federal Exemptions available in Maine?:
No. Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 4426.
- Maine Homestead Exemption
Real or personal property (including cooperative) used as residence to $80,000; if debtor has minor dependents in residence, to $160,000; if debtor over age 60 or physically or mentally disabled, $160,000 (joint debtors in this category may double); proceeds of sale exempt for six months
- Maine Vehicle Exemption
- Maine BANKRUPTCY COURT ESSENTIAL INFO: Get information about using your local bankruptcy court.
- FREE BANKRUPTCY FORMS:
We'll tell you which bankruptcy forms you need and where to find them.
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