What Occurs During an Arizona Probate?
To open an Arizona probate, a person or entity must file an Application for Appointment as personal representative with the Arizona Superior Court requesting that the Court: (i) accept the decedent’s original Will for probate (if there is a Will), and (ii) appoint a personal representative to administer the decedent’s estate. To open a probate, the prospective personal representative must also: (i) file with the Arizona Probate Court a written Acceptance of Personal Representative, an approved Order to Personal Representative and a Statement of Informal Probate, and (ii) post a bond if necessary. The Court will generally appoint the person or entity named as personal representative in the Will as the decedent’s personal representative unless the person is not qualified, declines, is unable or is challenged by an interested party. The Court will usually appoint a personal representative without a formal hearing. If the decedent died intestate, i.e., without a Will, a person or entity fi
