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# Joanna W. Owen

Waldo County Probate Court · Judge of Probate

## Profile

- Court: Waldo County Probate Court
- State: Maine
- Role: Judge of Probate
- Service status: active

## Summary

Joanna W. Owen — Waldo County Probate Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- The Judge of the Waldo County Probate Court in Maine, serving a term through December 31, 2024, and currently in office for the 2025–2028 term
- Position: Judge, Waldo County Probate Court, Belfast, Maine
- The collected biographical information identifies Joanna W. Owen as Waldo County probate judge in Belfast

### Education

- It records a Saint Louis University JD in 1982 and bar admissions in Missouri in 1982, Illinois in 1983 and Maine in 2015.

### Additional information

- It gives conflicting term endpoints: the county directory’s 2024 date versus ’s 2028 date.
- Her law firm, Law Offices of Joanna W. Owen, also has offices in St. Louis, Missouri, and Belfast, Maine, serving individuals, small businesses, and corporations
- Her legal career encompassed Missouri practice and later private practice in Belfast in real estate, business, probate, estates and health care, among them affordable-housing and tax-credit transactions.
- The research cites an AV peer rating and reports more than forty years of experience.

## Sources

- [2026 Directory of Maine Counties](https://www.mainecounties.org/uploads/1/4/3/2/143228552/2026_directory_complete.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Maine Rules of Probate Procedure, published compilation effective July 1, 2019](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7035949b391933326f2d42fe) — Probate Court proceedings. This 2019 compilation is retained as dated source evidence; later amendments have not been exhaustively checked. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules/text/mr_prob_p_only_2019-04-11.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.