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How a New Mexico advance directive works: one document for wishes and a health-care agent, no required witnesses, the surrogate list, and when it takes effect.
How New Mexico estate creditor claims work: optional notice to creditors, the four-month claim bar, and the one-year-from-death outer limit under NMSA 45-3-803.
New Mexico executor duties guide: get appointed personal representative, file the inventory within 3 months, handle creditor claims, and close after 6 months.
Avoid a New Mexico guardianship with a durable POA and advance directive, plus how district court guardianship and conservatorship work if a court is needed.
Who inherits under New Mexico intestate succession: the spouse keeps community property and takes one-fourth of separate property if the decedent left children.
New Mexico power of attorney basics: durable by default, signing and notary rules, springing POAs, powers that need an express grant, and how it ends at death.
New Mexico probate process guide covering the county Probate Court vs District Court split, the personal representative, small estates, deadlines, and costs.
New Mexico probate timeline with statutory deadlines: 120-hour wait, 3-month inventory, 4-month creditor bar, 1-year ultimate bar, and 6-month close.
New Mexico will requirements: the 18-and-sound-mind rule, two-witness signing, why New Mexico does not allow holographic wills, and self-proving affidavits.
Arkansas estate planning basics: the will, durable POA, and healthcare directive every adult needs, plus probate, the small-estate limit, and taxes.
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