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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.
Arizona debt payment priority sets the order executors pay estate claims under the Probate Code: six classes, insolvent estates, and personal liability.
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.
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.
Arkansas exempt property is the statutory allowance a surviving spouse and minor children claim first: $4,000 against distributees, $2,000 against creditors.
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.
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.
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.
Arkansas debt payment priority: four classes under Ark. Code 28-50-106, from administration costs through funeral and last-illness claims to all other debts.
How step-up in basis works for inherited Arkansas property: a single step-up on the decedent's share under IRC 1014, and how it cuts capital gains tax.
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