Arizona Probate Attorney $5,000 Flat Fee
Losing a loved one is difficult enough without the added complexity of navigating an Arizona Superior Court probate. If you have been tasked with settling a recently deceased Arizona family member’s estate, you likely have questions about your legal responsibilities, court deadlines, and how to protect the estate’s assets. As an experienced
Arizona probate attorney and former CPA Richard C. Keyt (Ricky at 480-664-7472 & rck@keytlaw.com) provides the dedicated legal counsel necessary to streamline the probate process, resolve disputes, and ensure the final wishes of your loved one are honored with precision. Below, you will find a comprehensive guide to Arizona probate laws and practical resources to help you move forward with confidence and peace of mind.
Arizona Probate Articles
- Must Read: What is Arizona Probate, When Is It Required & How to Avoid It. Start here. Plain-English answers to the questions almost every family asks — what probate actually is, which assets force one, how long it takes, what it costs, and the planning moves that keep your family out of court entirely.
- Do You Need an Arizona Probate? Guide by AZ Probate Attorney. Not every death requires a probate. This guide walks you through the asset-by-asset title analysis that tells you whether the Superior Court has to get involved — or whether a simpler alternative will do the job.
- How to Do an Arizona Probate. The complete start-to-finish roadmap: filing the petition, the required notices to heirs, appointing the personal representative, bond waivers, Letters Testamentary, the four-month creditor claim period, and closing the estate.
- Arizona Probate Without a Lawyer: 5 Risks of Going DIY. Filing your own probate looks like a way to save money. Here are five ways it commonly backfires — missed deadlines, defective notices, personal liability for the personal representative, and mistakes that cost far more than the legal fee.
- 13 Costly Arizona Probate Mistakes & How to Avoid Them. The thirteen errors we see most often in Arizona probates, what each one costs the estate or the personal representative, and the simple step that prevents it.
- Arizona Probate Attorney | $5,000 Flat Fee. What the $5,000 flat fee covers for an uncontested informal probate, why the estate — not you personally — ultimately pays it, and the exact steps to get your probate opened.
- How to Hire an Arizona Probate Attorney The six steps to hire Richard C. Keyt — free consultation, online service agreement, payment options, and reimbursement of the fee by the estate. There is never a charge to talk about your probate.
- Submit our Arizona Probate Questionnaire to hire Richard C. Keyt to do your probate. Ready to get started? Complete our online Probate Legal Service Agreement and questionnaire and Richard C. Keyt will begin opening your Arizona probate.
- Arizona Small Estate Affidavit for Personal Property Under $200,000. If the decedent’s personal property is worth $200,000 or less net of liens, A.R.S. § 14-3971(B) lets heirs collect it with an affidavit instead of a probate. Here’s who qualifies, the 30-day waiting period, and how to use the form.
- Arizona Small Estate Affidavit for Real Estate Under $300,000. A step-by-step guide to transferring a decedent’s Arizona real estate worth $300,000 or less without a probate — the six-month wait, the court filing, and the traps that get affidavits rejected.
- To Hire us to Prepare a Small Estate Exemption Affidavit Submit Our Questionnaire. Submit our short questionnaire and we’ll prepare, file, and record the small estate affidavit for you — a fraction of the cost and time of a full Superior Court probate.
Updated August 8, 2026, by Richard C. Keyt