• posted: Sep. 30, 2025
• Joseph M. Udall
• Estate Planning
• community property,  estate planning,  property law

Unlike most jurisdictions, Arizona is a community property state. This means that unless a legal agreement is in place that says otherwise, each spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in Read More

• posted: Nov. 29, 2021
• Joseph M. Udall
• Divorce
• community property,  right of survivorship,  death of spouse

Arizona is a community property state, which means, in general, that property acquired by either spouse during a marriage is presumed to belong to both spouses equally. The community property Read More

• posted: Dec. 30, 2019
• Joseph M. Udall
• Estate Planning
• community property,  joint tenancy with right of survivorship,  pay-on-death account,  transfer-on-death deed,  trusts

  Talk to an estate planning attorney about probate and you’ll probably hear it described as a quagmire. Families who have gone through the probate process would likely use terms like Read More