Practicing estate planning law in Arizona since 2001, I've answered a lot of questions.

What happens if I die without a will? What is a revocable living trust and do I really need one? What does a healthcare power of attorney actually do? Who inherits my assets if I don't have a plan? What does probate cost — and how long does it take?

I've answered these questions in client meetings, in phone calls, in emails, and in consultations for decades. I decided to write all of it down — in plain English, without legal jargon — so that any Arizona resident could get the answers they need without having to call an attorney first.

The result is our Arizona Estate Planning Guide: Wills, Trusts & Probate Articles — a free library of in-depth articles covering virtually every aspect of Arizona estate planning. You can find it at:

👉 keytlaw.com/arizona-wills-trusts-articles

Here is a tour of what you will find there.

Start here: Find out who inherits your assets right now.

If you died today without a will or a trust, Arizona law — not you — decides who gets everything you own. The results may shock you. Our guide includes two tools that answer this question specifically for your situation:

• Learn Who Inherits Your Assets if You Die without a Will or Trust — a detailed article explaining Arizona's intestacy laws and who is legally entitled to your estate if you die without a plan.
• Who Will Inherit Your Property Quiz — a short interactive quiz that walks you through your specific family situation and tells you exactly who Arizona law would give your assets to.

If the answer surprises you — or concerns you — the rest of the library will show you exactly how to fix it.

Revocable Living Trusts: Everything you need to know.

The trust section of the library is the most comprehensive free resource on Arizona revocable living trusts I am aware of anywhere online. It includes:

• Revocable Living Trust 101: How It Works & Why You Need One — the clearest plain-English explanation of what a revocable living trust is, how it works, and why it is the cornerstone of every proper Arizona estate plan.
• 18 Benefits of a Revocable Living Trust — a detailed breakdown of every major advantage a trust provides over a will, joint tenancy, or beneficiary designations alone.
• Arizona Revocable Living Trust Frequently Asked Questions — answers to the most common trust questions I hear from Arizona clients.
• Arizona Certification of Trust: Keeps Your Estate Plan Private — explains the document that lets you prove your trust exists to banks and title companies without revealing your confidential trust terms.

The documents every Arizona adult needs — and what happens without them.

One of the most valuable sections of the library explains each critical estate planning document individually — what it does, why you need it, and what the real-world consequences are if you die or become incapacitated without it.

• Essential Estate Plan Documents Every Adult Needs
• Why Not Having a Financial Power of Attorney Could Harm You
• Why Every Arizona Adult Needs a Healthcare Power of Attorney
• What Is a HIPAA Authorization & Why Every Arizona Adult Needs One
• Arizona Living Will: What It Is, Why You Need One, & What Happens Without It
• Why Every Arizona Resident Needs a Will
• How to Name a Guardian of Minor Children in Arizona: A Complete Guide

Each of these articles was written to answer the questions real Arizona clients ask me — in language that anyone can understand, not language that only attorneys speak.

Frequently Asked Questions — one article for each document.

Every major document in an estate plan has its own dedicated FAQ article. If you have a specific question about any of these documents, these articles probably answer it:

• Arizona Revocable Living Trust FAQs
• Arizona Certification of Trust FAQs
• Financial Power of Attorney FAQs
• Healthcare Power of Attorney FAQs
• HIPAA Authorization FAQs
• Living Will FAQs
• Last Will & Testament FAQs
• Guardian of Arizona Minor Children FAQs

How to transfer your assets into your trust.

Signing your trust is step one. Funding it — actually transferring your assets into it — is step two. And it's the step most people don't fully understand until after they sign.  The library includes a complete guide on this:

• How to Move Real Estate, LLCs, Investment and Bank Accounts into Your Trust: The Ultimate Guide — a comprehensive, practical walkthrough covering every major asset type and exactly how to transfer it into your trust.
• How to Avoid Probating Arizona Land: Guide to Beneficiary Deeds — explains an alternative tool for real estate that some clients use in specific situations.

Information for specific types of families.

The library also includes articles written specifically for:

• Families
• People with Kids
• Blended Families
• Single Parents
• Partners

Each of these pages addresses the specific planning issues and risks that apply to that family type — because a blended family's estate plan looks very different from a single parent's, and both look different from a couple with young children.

Why we wrote all of these articles.

I believe that every Arizona family deserves to understand their options before they sit down with an attorney. An informed client makes better decisions. An informed client asks better questions. And an informed client is far less likely to make the kind of planning mistakes that devastate families after a death or incapacity.

Everything in the library is free. There is no signup required. No email capture. No paywall. Just information I spent 46 years accumulating, written down in plain English and made available to any Arizona resident who wants it.

My philosophy has always been the same: educate first, then decide. Read everything on the library page. Take the quiz. Look up the FAQ for any document you have questions about. And when you are ready to talk — or when you have a question the articles don't answer — I am here.

Ready to take the next step?

The library answers the “what” and “why” of Arizona estate planning. When you are ready for the “how” — how to get your specific plan in place, customized for your family and your assets — that is what our free consultation is for.

Phone, Zoom, or in person at my Scottsdale office. No pressure. No obligation. Just a straightforward conversation.

👉 Visit the Arizona Estate Planning Library