A conservatorship proceeding may be started by an elderly person who desires protection of his or her property.

A gift to a minor may consist of stock, money, ownership of a life insurance policy or annuity contract, a right to future payments under a contract, an interest in real estate, or a certificate of title to a vehicle.

Arizona is a community property state. Property acquired by a husband and wife is presumed to be community property, unless legally specified differently.

In Arizona, every person is eligible to be an organ donor; there are no age or physical limitations.

Health care directives constitute an important part of any comprehensive estate plan. Every person implementing an estate plan in Arizona should give serious consideration to executing one or more health care directives.

A durable power of attorney is an important component of any comprehensive estate plan.

On the death of the sole party or the last survivor of two or more parties in an account with a pay on death designation, the sums on deposit belong to the surviving beneficiary or beneficiaries.

For a decedent who was not domiciled in Arizona at the time of death, the allowances are governed by the law of the decedent’s domicile at death.

These rules apply in cases where the deceased person fails to leave a will or where not all of the decedent’s assets are disposed of by the will.

Settling a living trust means administering and managing the trust according to the terms of the document. The person responsible for settling a trust is either the surviving trustee or the successor trustee.

A trustee cannot transfer his office to another or delegate the entire administration of the trust to a co-trustee or another.

Once the trust agreement has been signed and assets have been transferred to the trust, the trust agreement is fully operative as to those assets.