The Differences Between Community Property and Separate Property Arizona is one of about ten states that is a community property state. Most other states are common law states. Understanding the affects of being a community property state are a key issue in divorce...
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Understanding the Trust Administration Process
An Overview of the Trust Administration Process and How It Differs from Probate Wills and trusts are both legal documents that help transfer control and management of your assets. An experienced Arizona wills and trusts lawyer can explain which document is right for...
Planning for Cryptocurrencies
Estate Planning in the Age of Cryptocurrency Bitcoin and digital assets are adding another dimension to estate planning in Arizona. Most estate planning is based on the idea that it will be easy to find, value, and distribute financial assets. That isn’t always the...
Choosing a Personal Representative or Trustee
Why You Need to Make the Right Choices for the Personal Representative of Your Estate Seniors, parents, and anyone with substantial assets need to plan how their estate will be handled when they pass away. Proper preparation can make sure that your assets are...
Estate Planning Tips for New Parents
How Parents Should Plan Their Estate after the Birth of a New Child Bringing a new infant into the world is one of the sweet joys of life. The immediate focus for most parents is sharing the joy with family and friends and bringing the child home. While it’s easy to...
What is an Advance Directive?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Importance of Advance Health Care Directives One of the most difficult decisions seniors, their families, and caretakers need to make is how to make end-of-life decisions. Arizona allows individuals to use a legal document called...
Arizona’s Probate Process
How Probate of an Estate is Handled in Arizona What property must be probated and how the Tempe Arizona probate process works Probate is the way in which property that passes through a deceased person’s estate is collected, accounted for and, distributed. With proper...
Legacy Trusts and the Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz upset the Los Angeles Clippers and advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs today. But even some of the most loyal NBA fans probably didn’t know that thanks to a recent move by the team’s owners, the Jazz are now owned by a “Legacy Trust” and...
How will the recent elections impact estate and tax planning?
We've gotten a lot of questions about the impact of President elect-Trump's surprise victory on our clients' estate and tax planning goals and wanted to share a few quick thoughts. Tax reform has been on the top of President-elect Trump's proposals throughout the...
Wyoming, Halal Mexican Food and an Estate Plan.
Writen by: Lena Sarsour If you follow this blog, then you’ll know at Yaser Ali Law we love discovering estate planning stories and secrets. You’ve read about a famous celebrity’s lack of planning and digital Pokémon, but this story from the New Yorker magazine a few...