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Arizona Pet Trusts: Providing for Your Animals
How an Arizona pet trust works under the Arizona Trust Code: naming a caregiver and trustee, funding for real care, and remainder gifts.
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Arizona Probate Accounting: What Personal Representatives Must Report
Arizona probate accounting explains what a personal representative must report, from the 90-day inventory to the final closing statement.
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Arizona Probate Bond Requirements: When Personal Representatives Must Post Bond
Arizona probate bond rules under A.R.S. 14-3603: a bond is required unless the will waives it, all heirs or devisees waive it, or an exception applies.
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Arizona Probate Debt Payment Priority: The Order Executors Must Follow
Arizona debt payment priority sets the order executors pay estate claims under the Probate Code: six classes, insolvent estates, and personal liability.
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Arizona Step-Up in Basis: Double Step-Up
How Arizona community property gives both spouses a full step-up in basis under IRC Section 1014(b)(6), cutting capital gains tax on inherited property.
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Arkansas and the Federal Estate Tax
Arkansas has no state estate or inheritance tax, so only the federal estate tax can apply. Learn the 2026 exclusion, portability, and what counts in the estate.
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Arkansas Exempt Property: What Surviving Spouses Can Claim
Arkansas exempt property is the statutory allowance a surviving spouse and minor children claim first: $4,000 against distributees, $2,000 against creditors.
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Arkansas Family Allowance: Support During Probate
Arkansas family allowance gives a surviving spouse and minor children up to $1,000 in support for the two months after death, ahead of most creditors.
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Arkansas Probate Accounting: What Executors Must Report
Arkansas probate accounting for executors: the 2-month inventory, annual accounts to the Circuit Court, what to report, and how the final account closes it.
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Arkansas Probate Bond Requirements: When Executors Must Post Bond
An Arkansas probate bond is required unless the will or all heirs waive it. See when the Circuit Court sets bond, what it costs, and how to waive it in a will.
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