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Arizona’s New Probate Law Simplifies Small Estate Transfers
Effective March 31, 2025, Arizona’s House Bill 2116 introduces important changes that simplify the probate process for smaller estates. Thanks to this new law, more Arizona families can now use a faster, simpler, and less expensive method to settle their loved one’s affairs. The law raises the asset thresholds for using a simplified affidavit procedure—a…
READ MORE →Cardinals Larry Fitzgerald Revised Will Due to COVID
Here is a sentence that will stop you in your tracks and make you think: “[Larry] Fitzgerald is a 37-year-old professional athlete. Strong. Committed. In peak physical condition. And COVID-19 had him revising his will.” (EJ Montini, Arizona Republic) The future hall-of-famer spent 13 days in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thanksgiving. He…
READ MORE →COVID-19 Estate Planning: A Journey, Not a Destination
Estate Planning is a Journey, Not a Destination, Especially During COVID-19 A lot of people are contacting me because they are scared of COVID-19 and want to be prepared just in case. They come because they know they should act responsibly, but the problem that has kept them from making an appointment before continues to…
READ MORE →National Estate Planning Awareness Week 2021
You may have heard me say more than once that an estimated 56 percent of Americans do not have an estate plan in place, making estate planning “a critically overlooked component of financial wellness.” In hopes of raising awareness, Estate Planning Awareness Week was created to educate the public about the importance of estate planning…
READ MORE →Do an Estate Plan Your Way, Like John McCain
We lost two great Americans very recently: John McCain and Aretha Franklin. On the surface, they had great taste in music in common, but choose very different paths in their legacy planning. If you have been watching John McCain’s Funeral proceedings over the last few days, you may have heard that much of what was occurring…
READ MORE →National Estate Planning Awareness Week
Editor’s Note: We were thrilled to featured in My News Mesa.Com to spread the word about NEPAW. See it on the site by clicking HERE or read the text below … More than half of Americans, an estimated 56 percent, do not have an estate plan in place, making estate planning a critically overlooked component…
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