Your Arizona Estate Plan Shouldn't Cost Per Hour
You bought a home in Arizona. You moved here for retirement, or you're raising a family here, or you've built a life here with someone you love. And somewhere in the back of your mind, you know you should "get your estate in order."
But the quotes come back at $1,500–$3,000 for a basic trust package. The free forms online look sketchy. And you're not even sure whether you need a trust, a will, a beneficiary deed, or all three — because Arizona's community property rules don't work like the state you came from.
Meanwhile, your house deed might not say what you think it says. Your spouse might not automatically inherit your half. And if you have kids from a previous marriage, Arizona intestacy law could force the sale of your family home.
The Arizona Probate Prevention System
This isn't a stack of blank legal forms. It's a structured compliance system — a step-by-step path through every document your family needs, with Arizona-specific instructions at each decision point.
Most people don't need a $2,500 living trust to keep their family out of probate court. Arizona offers the beneficiary deed under A.R.S. § 33-405 — a single recorded document that transfers your home automatically at death, completely outside of probate. The problem is that one technical mistake (wrong legal description, unrecorded deed, missing notarization) invalidates the entire transfer.
This kit eliminates that risk. You get exact formatting requirements for your county recorder, a step-by-step recording checklist, and clear guidance on every decision point — from choosing between CPWROS and Joint Tenancy to knowing when a trust actually is worth the money.
What's Inside — 9 Printable PDFs
- Complete 10-Chapter Guide — Arizona wills (A.R.S. § 14-2502), beneficiary deeds (A.R.S. § 33-405), community property, healthcare directives, vehicle transfers, blended family protections, and county recording requirements
- Estate Planning Checklist — 20-item quick-start action list organized into 7 sequential steps
- Asset Audit Worksheet — Fillable inventory of real estate, bank accounts, investments, vehicles, and insurance — with probate exposure analysis
- Beneficiary Deed Pre-Recording Checklist — Step-by-step verification before you submit to the county recorder, covering legal description, notarization, contingent beneficiaries, and formatting
- Community Property Worksheet — Asset classification (community vs. separate), CPWROS vs. JTROS comparison with the double step-up in basis explained, deed language verification
- Incapacity Signing & Notary Packet — Execution checklists for all four Arizona documents: Durable Financial POA, Healthcare POA, Living Will, and Mental Health POA — with witness qualification rules
- Vehicle Transfer Checklist — ADOT Form 96-0561 step-by-step guide for Transfer on Death designation
- County Recording Reference — Formatting requirements, recording fees, and office addresses for Maricopa, Pima, Coconino, and every Arizona county recorder
- "When to Hire a Lawyer" Decision Guide — Clear boundaries showing what this kit handles vs. when you need custom legal counsel (trusts, Medicaid, business succession, estates over the federal exemption)
Who This Is For
- Arizona homeowners who want their property to transfer automatically — without probate, without a trust, without paying a lawyer $600 to prepare a single deed
- Retirees and Sun Belt transplants who moved from a common-law state and need to understand how community property changes everything
- Snowbirds with Arizona vacation property who need to prevent expensive ancillary probate proceedings
- Blended families where one spouse has children from a prior marriage — because Arizona intestacy law does NOT pass 100% to the surviving spouse in this situation
- Unmarried partners who have zero automatic inheritance rights under Arizona law
- Adult children organizing estate documents for aging parents before it becomes an emergency
Why Not Free Forms?
Arizona's Attorney General offers free healthcare directive forms. County recorder websites have basic deed templates. Generic will-making sites will let you fill in blanks for free. So why pay anything?
Because none of them coordinate. A will that contradicts your beneficiary designations creates a legal mess. A beneficiary deed with a parcel number instead of a legal description is invalid. A healthcare POA without the right witnesses has no legal force. And "community property" on your deed doesn't mean what most people think it means.
This kit connects the pieces: your will aligns with your beneficiary deed, which aligns with your account designations, which aligns with your healthcare directives. One coordinated system, not six disconnected forms downloaded from six different websites.
Satisfaction Guarantee
If the kit doesn't give you a clear, actionable path through your Arizona estate plan — email us and we'll refund you, no questions asked.
Get Started Today
Download the free Arizona Estate Planning Checklist to see the full scope of what your plan needs to cover. Ready for the complete system? The full Arizona Basic Estate Planning Kit — — gives you every template, worksheet, and recording guide to execute your plan this weekend.