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Arizona estate planning attorney Richard Keyt provides this estate planning library as a public service to help people learn about Arizona Wills, Trusts and estate planning. Contact Rick at rickkeyt@keytlaw.com or 602-906-4953, ext. 101 if you would like to schedule Rick to give a free estate planning slide show presentation to your group of 10 or more people.

Arizona Estate Plan FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions about Arizona estate planning.

Understanding Trusts

Basic concepts of revocable & irrevocable trusts.

Estate Planning Overview

American Bar Association's in depth summary of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and other areas of estate planning and probate.

Planning for Disability

The importance of protecting your family for your disability.

Videos

Death & Taxes

Life & Death

Tax Implications of Estate Planning

Disability Strikes

Estate Plan Preparation Service

Fees for Wills, Trusts and other services provided by Richard Keyt.

Beware of Trust Scams

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard warns Arizonans about nonlawyers who operate trust mills and use scare tactics and misrepresentations to sell their services.

Estate Planning When a Spouse is Not a U.S. Citizen

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About International Estate Planning

Charter Member of WealthCounsel Advisors

Rick Keyt is a charter member of WealthCounsel Advisors, an organization the purpose of which is to assist estate planning advisors to stay up to date and educated about the constantly changing law of estate planning.

Consanguinity Chart

This relationship table identifies the relations of people who share common ancestors.

Arizona Estate Plan Forms

Arizona estate planning forms such as a living will, powers of attorney for healthcare and financial matters & the prehospital medical care directive.

Importance of Estate Planning

How Your Family Can Become IRA Millionaires

A new type of trust called the IRA Inheritance Trust^® can insure your beneficiaries stretch-out distributions over their lives for tax-free growth to maximize wealth accumulation and to provide asset protection if necessary.

Sign Up For Our Monthly Estate Planning Newsletter

Click on the link to the left to subscribe to our free monthly estate planning email newsletter.

IRA & Roth Distribution Flowcharts

Decision-making flowcharts showing the many distribution choices the beneficiaries of your traditional IRA & Roth IRA must make after you die.

Anna Nicole Smith's Will

Vicki Lynn Marshal / Anna Nicole Smith's Will is a "poster child" for bad estate planning.

WealthCounsel Member

Richard Keyt is a member of WealthCounsel, an organization of 1,600+ estate planning attorneys working together as colleagues — not competitors — who have created the premier cutting-edge document creation system in the estate planning field.

Guide to Wills and Estates

Getting Started

Transferring Property without a Will

Making a Will

Trusts

Living Trusts

Common Estate Planning Situations

Special Considerations

Death & Taxes

Changing Your Mind: Changing, Adding to or Revoking Your Will or Trust

Choosing the Personal Representative or Trustee

Planning Now to Make Things Easier for Your Family

When You Cannot Make the Decision: Living Wills & Powers of Attorney

Estimate Your Federal Estate Taxes

Enter your assets and estimated growth and get a rough idea of the amount of estate taxes your estate might owe in the future. It's only a guesstimate based on current federal estate tax law and dependent on the information you enter.

Nonlawyers Preparing Wills

Court finds that preparing a will and power of attorney without a license to practice law is the unauthorized practice of law.

Phoenix Attorney Richard Keyt

Richard Keyt is an Arizona wealth preservation attorney who practices estate planning, including preparing Wills and Trusts. Rick is a Phoenix attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona. He 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.

To hire Arizona wealth preservation attorney Richard Keyt to assist you in designing your estate plan and to prepare your estate plan documents, complete the appropriate online Estate Planning Questionnaire for a single person or a married couple and email, fax or mail it to Rick.

To make an appointment for an initial consultation to answer your questions and design your custom estate plan, call Rick at 602-906-4953, ext. 101 or Rick's secretary Milena at ext. 106.

When we prepare a trust, we purchase a five year membership for our clients in a fabulous service called DocuBank, which provides emergency access to your healthcare directives, 24/7/365, online and via phone or fax. We include DocuBank as part of our estate planning services to ensure that your living will, health care power of attorney and other medical directives will be available at the hospital when you need them, where you need them.

Be sure to carry your DocuBank Emergency Card in your wallet -- next to your driver’s license or health insurance card -- at all times. You should also periodically update your emergency contact and medical information stored with DocuBank. To do so, simply click here or on the DocuBank logo. For more information on this valuable service, visit www.DocuBank.com.

This page was last modified on June 11, 2008.

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