Wills and Living Wills Article


Life Care Planning Packet (Advanced Directives), Information and Documents from the Arizona Attorney General

The Arizona Office of the Attorney General website section for seniors contains forms and instructions for Living wills, Durable Health Care Power of Attorney, Life Care Planning and General Information about Arizona Laws related to future incapacity.

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On 5/23/07
Editor said
The link has been fixed, thank you.

On 5/23/07
James said
Your current website does not respond appropriately to requests for the life planning packets.

QUESTIONS

  • If a person dies and does not leave a will, can a family member take over the dead persons home.
  • My mother passe away and I am the beneficiary of her home according to her will. My name is not on the title of the home. What steps should I take to get the house before it goes into probate?
  • Our former estate lawyer failed to pay for 'records storage' (among which were our wills and trust) and now that we need them because we need to update our trust, the company won't release them to us. How can we get the company to release our papers? We are willing to pay an access fee.
  • If an attorney tells you not to contact someone, is that legally binding?
  • I need to go into court and file some emergency paperwork because MerrillLynch USTRUST are doing some really bad things and after giving me monthly distributions for last 2 years of $3000 and paying all my expenses they just Stopped and I haven't seen my statements in a few months and I couldn't even get a letter from trust officer to give DES for emergency food stamps. My Aunt is reason behind this. My Dad adopted us girls therefore she did not consider us family. She sits on board with former CEO of merrilllynch ustrust of this mutual fund they invested all of our $ in afterDadpassed.
  • My neighbor is dying and wants to leave me his mobile home, truck any monies and personal items.  What do we do?
  • My brother is the Trustee of our deceased Mother's estate. I have asked him on several occasions to give me copies of various documents and he has failed to do so. I have very little information regarding the Trust or the financial distributions. How can I get copies of those documents? He has since sold the house that our mother left to both of us but I have seen no money from that sale. He still refuses to give me any information. What can I do?
  • Our living TRUST was updated for the state of California; should it be updated for Arizona since this is now our primary residence?
  • I need to rewrite my will for a third time. The two people I had named as 'Executors' have both passed away. I do not have anyone to act as my Executor. I would like to leave my estate to my college alma mater. How do I handle this in my will?
  • My parents have passed away and in their Trust and Wills I am listed as their representative. What do I have to do in order to sell their properties?

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  • State Bar of Arizona
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  • Maricopa County Bar
    www.maricopabar.org
    Referral number 602-257-4434
  • Pima County Bar
    www.pimacountybar.org
    Referral number 520-623-4625
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline
    800-799-7233
  • Bankruptcy Court Self Help Center
    866-553-0893
  • Certified Legal Document Preparer Program
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