What is a Formal Arizona Probate?
A formal probate is litigation in Arizona Superior Court to determine whether a decedent left a valid Will. A formal probate may be commenced by an interested person filing a petition that requests that the court, after notice and hearing, enter an order probating a Will, or a petition to set aside an informal probate of a Will or to prevent informal probate of a Will that is the subject of a pending informal probate. A formal probate may also be filed to obtain a Court order that the decedent died intestate. A petition may seek formal probate of a Will even if the same or a conflicting Will has been informally probated. During the pendency of a formal testacy proceeding, the registrar shall not act upon any application for informal probate of any Will of the decedent or any application for informal appointment of a personal representative of the decedent. Unless a petition in a formal testacy proceeding also requests confirmation of the previous informal appointment, a previously appo
