If people don’t plan and they go through the probate process it becomes a open court document which can be view by the public unless you use trust planning then privacy can be obtained.
If your looking for a estate planning attorney you should look for an attorney that specializes in estate planning rather then someone that does general practice or business law.
They are people that can ask you questions for legal documents and they only right down what answers you tell them to, only few states allow this and Arizona is one of them.
Proper estate planning can protect your family from themselves, outside creditors, family discord and many other circumstances.
Providing for something or someone is one of the main reasons people choose to do proper estate planning you can provide for your loved ones, charity or even your pets.
There are many reasons people don’t do estate planning, about 75% of that is procrastinating. Other reasons for people failing to do estate planning are people think its to much money, there never going to die or they think they are to young.
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