Probate and After-death Administration

Goodson Manley Forakis PLC provides comprehensive probate and after-death adminisration legal services, including: handling legal proceedings for probates, guardianships, conservatorships, adoptions and name changes.

Probate is the process of proving a deceased person has a will and testament and it is valid according to the state of the deceased. If a citizen dies without a will or one that isn't validated by the court, then the deceased's assets and liabilities are distributed by that state court. This can be costly and time consuming.

Because Arizona is a community state, when a deceased citizen's assets and liabilities are brought to the court, they are divided into two categories, community property and the deceased's personal property. Community property is the property owned by a married couple together and acquired together since their marriage.