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Arizona Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning Library

Arizona estate planning attorney Richard Keyt provides this library of information to help people learn about Arizona Wills and Trusts and why a comprehensive estate plan is critically important to protect families.

Estate Planning Blog

For more information and  articles about wills, trusts and estate planning, see our estate planning blog.

Arizona Estate Plan FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions about Arizona wills, trusts & estate planning.

EP 101 Class

Information about Rick Keyt's free monthly 1.5 hour introduction to estate planning class and how graduates can save $500 off the cost of an estate plan.

Understanding Trusts

Basic concepts of revocable & irrevocable trusts.

Planning for Disability

The importance of protecting your family from your disability.

Estate Planning Overview

American Bar Association's in depth summary of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and other areas of estate planning and probate.

Videos

Death & Taxes

Life & Death

Tax Implications of Estate Planning

Disability Strikes

Estimate Your Federal Estate Taxes

Enter your assets and estimated growth and get a rough idea of the amount of estate taxes your estate might owe in the future.  It's only a guesstimate based on current federal estate tax law and dependent on the information you enter.

A La Carttm EP Docs

For people who do not want the whole nine yards, use our A La Carttm custom document preparation service.

Beneficiary Deeds

Use a Beneficiary Deed to avoid probate of Arizona real property.

Beware of Trust Scams

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard warns Arizonans about nonlawyers who operate trust mills and use scare tactics and misrepresentations to sell their services.

Estate Planning When a Spouse is Not a U.S. Citizen

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About International Estate Planning

Charter Member of WealthCounsel Advisors

 

Rick Keyt is a charter member of WealthCounsel Advisors, an organization the purpose of which is to assist estate planning advisors to stay up to date and educated about the constantly changing law of estate planning.

Nonlawyers Preparing Wills

Court finds that preparing a will and power of attorney without a license to practice law is the unauthorized practice of law.

Why You Need an Estate Plan

How your family may suffer severe financial loss if you die or become incapacitated without a comprehensive estate plan

Family Protection Plantm Contents & Fees

Explanation of the 19 items contained in Richard Keyt's comprehensive Family Protection Plantm - a custom designed estate plan.

Sign Up For Our Monthly Estate Planning Newsletter

Click on the link to the left to subscribe to our free monthly estate planning email newsletter.

Estate Planning Articles

Educational and informative articles on Wills, Trusts and estate planning.

How Your Family Can Become IRA Millionaires

A new type of trust called the IRA Inheritance Trust® can insure your beneficiaries stretch-out distributions over their lives for tax-free growth to maximize wealth accumulation and to provide asset protection if necessary.

IRA & Roth Distribution Flowcharts

Decision-making flowcharts showing the many distribution choices the beneficiaries of your traditional IRA & Roth IRA must make after you die.

Special Needs Trusts

Wall Street Journal article sheds light on this important special type of trust.

Anna Nicole Smith's Will

Vicki Lynn Marshal / Anna Nicole Smith's Will is a "poster child" for bad estate planning.

WealthCounsel Member

Richard Keyt is a member of  WealthCounsel, an organization of 2,100+ estate planning attorneys working together as colleagues — not competitors — who have created the premier cutting-edge document creation system in the estate planning field.

Guide to Wills and Estates

Getting Started

Transferring Property without a Will

Making a Will

Trusts

Living Trusts

Common Estate Planning Situations

Special Considerations

Death & Taxes

Changing Your Mind: Changing, Adding to or Revoking Your Will or Trust

Choosing the Personal Representative or Trustee

Planning Now to Make Things Easier for Your Family

When You Cannot Make the Decision: Living Wills & Powers of Attorney

FDIC Deposit Insurance Information

Are your trust account deposits fully insured by the FDIC?  Do you know the FDIC insurance rules.  See also the new rules effective 9/26/08.

FDIC Insurance Calculator

EDIE the Estimator calculates your FDIC insurance coverage for each FDIC-insured bank where you have deposit accounts.

For Information About Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Follow Richard Keyt on Twitter @RichardKeyt

My RichardKeyt twitter account is devoted to giving people information daily about various aspects of estate planning.  The widget below contains my recent "tweets" (the name given to Twitter messages).  Most of my tweets have a link that when clicked will take you to an informative article on the internet.  If you do not have a Twitter account, but would like to receive my estate planning tweets, click on the Follow button on the top right corner of the widget below then click on the Join for Free button on the bottom right.

 

President Bush On the Importance of Estate Planning

 

Phoenix Attorney Richard Keyt

Richard Keyt is an Arizona attorney who practices estate planning, including preparing Wills and Trusts.  Rick is a Phoenix attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona.  He has practiced law in Arizona since 1980.  Rick can be reached by telephone at 602-906-4953, ext. 3, email at  rickkeyt@keytlaw.com and fax at 602-297-6890.

Free Wills & Trust Class

Attend a free 1.5 hour mini-course called EP 101 to learn about Arizona wills, trusts and estate planning and why you need a comprehensive estate plan to protect your family.  EP 101 graduates can save $500 off the cost of an estate plan.  Classes limited to 12 people are held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7 pm in the KEYTLaw offices in central Phoenix.  See EP 101 and the flyer for more information.

Our EP Questionnaire

To hire Arizona estate planning attorney Richard Keyt to assist you in designing your estate plan and to prepare your estate plan documents, complete the appropriate online Estate Planning Questionnaire for a single person or a married couple and email, fax or mail it to Rick. 

How to Make an Appointment

To make an appointment for an initial consultation to answer your questions and design your custom estate plan, call Rick at 602-906-4953, ext. 3 or Rick's secretary Milena at 602-906-4953, ext. 2.

Docubank

When we prepare a trust, we purchase a five year membership for our clients in a fabulous service called DocuBank, which provides emergency access to your healthcare directives, 24/7/365, online and via phone or fax.  We include DocuBank as part of our estate planning services to ensure that your living will, health care power of attorney and other medical directives will be available at the hospital when you need them, where you need them.

Be sure to carry your DocuBank Emergency Card in your wallet -- next to your driver’s license or health insurance card -- at all times.  You should also periodically update your emergency contact and medical information stored with DocuBank.  To do so, simply click here or on the DocuBank logo.  For more information on this valuable service, visit www.DocuBank.com.

 

This page was last modified on September 21, 2009.

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