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KEYTLaw's Arizona Probate Service

An Arizona probate is a court proceeding that involves complex legal issues and accountability to the Court and to the devisees, heirs, creditors and other interested parties.  A personal representative owes fiduciary duties to devisees, heirs, creditors and the court.  A personal representative who makes a mistake can be personally liable to the devisees, heirs, creditors, interested parties and the Court.  It is a high risk job that should not be undertaken lightly and without assuming the risk that the personal representative could be answering to the Court for a mistake that causes harm.  For example, if the estate has assets to pay taxes and does not, the personal representative is personally liable to pay the taxes.

Our legal fees for a typical simple informal probate are usually between $2,000 to $2,500 unless there unforeseen problems or the probate is contested.

You should hire Richard Keyt to represent your Arizona estate because he has been practicing law in Arizona since 1980 and Janet Spangler, his probate legal assistant, has been providing probate legal services in Arizona for over twenty years.  Janet does most of work at the relatively low hourly rate of $150 while Rick oversees her at $295 per hour.  See Janet's resume.

KEYTLaw prepares all necessary probate documents, answers questions asked by the personal representative and advises the personal representative with respect to issues that arise during the probate.  Our services include preparing a Release and Waiver document to be signed by devisees and heirs by which they release the personal representative from liability as a condition to receiving their property.  The best way for a personal representative to reduce the risk of being sued is to hire an experienced probate attorney.  It has been our experience that probates all too frequently cause hard feelings and problems among family members.  Probates are all about distributing money.  The "do-it-yourself" personal representative is risking substantial personal liability and a lot of stress.

How to Hire Richard Keyt for an Arizona Probate

To hire Richard Keyt to represent a personal representative and open a probate in Arizona superior court, click on the link below to access our online probate engagement agreement.

Arizona Probate Engagement Agreement

For more information about probate law Arizona, call Rick Keyt now at 602-906-4953 or send me an email at rickkeyt@keytlaw.com.  See Rick Keyt's resume and areas of practice.

Exempt Estate Form Preparation Service

For personal property estates under $50,000, KEYTLaw will prepare an Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property for $295.  For real property with equity under $50,000, we will prepare an Affidavit for Succession to Real Property, file it with the appropriate Superior Court and record the certified copy of the Affidavit for $500 plus costs & fees ($206 Maricopa County Superior Court filing fee and $20 recording fee and postage).   Contact Richard Keyt today at 602-906-4953 or email at rickkeyt@keytlaw.com and get started.

About the Author

Richard Keyt, J.D., LL.M. (income taxation New York University Law School) is a business, real estate, transactions, contracts and estate planning attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona.  He has formed over 1,500+ Arizona limited liability companies in the last few years because his low cost high quality LLC package is second to none and it only costs $599 for everything.  Rick has practiced law in Arizona since 1980.  Rick can be reached by telephone at 602-906-4953, ext. 101.  Email at  rickkeyt@keytlaw.com and fax at 602-297-6890.  Rick's web site located at www.keytlaw.com had over 1,000,000 visitors in 2006 and 2007.  Rick does not accept matters involving landlord / tenant disputes or litigation of any kind (other than tax lien foreclosures).  Communicating with Richard Keyt via email or otherwise does not cause you to become a client or cause your communications to be confidential or subject to the attorney client privilege.

This article was first published on August 17, 2003.

This page was last modified on July 22, 2007.

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