This website contains the following articles about Arizona probate law and how to conduct a probate in an Arizona Superior Court:
- What is an Arizona Probate & When Is It Required? – How to conduct an inventory of the assets of a deceased person and how to analyze the title to each asset to determine if a probate will be required to obtain assets payable to the estate and transfer the estate’s assets to the heirs of the deceased.
- How to Do an Arizona Probate – How to open an Arizona probate. The priority of appointment of the personal representative. Notice requirements and a general overview of the Arizona probate process.
- Arizona Probate Law: FAQs – Answers to Arizona probate law frequently asked questions.
- Sun City Arizona Probate FAQs – Answers to questions people ask about probates involving deceased residents of Sun City, Arizona, and Sun City West, Arizona.
- Personal Representative’s Duties – A short list of some of the duties imposed on personal representatives by Arizona’s probate law. Be sure to read this article if you are considering a do-it-yourself probate because it describes just some of the fiduciary duties of the personal representative and why the personal representative is liable for breaches of the statutory duties.
- Pros & Cons of a Do-It-Yourself Probate or Hiring an Arizona Probate Attorney – Why you always should hire an experienced Arizona probate attorney for an Arizona probate.
- How to Hire an Arizona Probate Attorney – Follow the three easy steps to hire Arizona probate attorney Richard Keyt to do an Arizona probate.
- Arizona Probate Legal Service Agreement – Complete this online agreement to hire Arizona probate attorney Richard Keyt to represent a personal representative in an Arizona probate.
- Use a Special Administrator to Find & Collect Assets of the Deceased Arizona Resident – How to use the power of the Arizona probate court when a probate has not be opened to collect and manage the assets of a deceased Arizona resident, to preserve the assets, to account therefor and to deliver the assets to the future personal representative of the estate.
- Arizona Special Administrator Engagement Agreement – Complete this online agreement to hire Arizona special administrator attorney Richard Keyt to get a person appointed as the special administrator of the estate of a deceased Arizona resident.
- Small Estate Probate Exemption: Personal Property – This article explains Arizona’s small estate probate exemption that allows heirs to avoid probate when the estate consists of less than $75,000 of personal property.
- Small Estate Probate Exemption: Real Property – This article explains Arizona’s small estate probate exemption that allows heirs to avoid probate when the estate consists of less than $100,000 of real property.
- Who Inherits Assets of an Arizona Resident Who Dies without a Will? – When an Arizona resident dies without a Will and his or her estate has any assets, the State of Arizona’s law of intestate succession will determine who inherits the property, not the deceased.
- After Death Checklist – Although this checklist is written for a successor trustee who becomes trustee after a death, much of it applies to a surviving spouse or other family member when the deceased did not have a trust.
- Arizona Probate Code Definitions – Many terms used in the Arizona Probate Code are defined by Arizona probate law. When in doubt about the meaning of a term, look up the meaning here.