Arizona Rule of Probate procedure Rule 51 says, you have two years to get this project done, or the court's gonna kick you out. It's the administrative closure rule. How does that apply? Most probate cases are gonna take about a year to get done.
Required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice to creditors or the claims will be forever barred. required to present their claims within four months after receipt of the notice to creditors by mail or the claims will be forever barred.
That is accomplished by filing with the local Probate Court a pleading called an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative. Alternatively, in the case of an intestate decedent, the pleading is called an Application for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative.
For those claims, under ARS §14-3803(C)(2), the creditor must present a claim within four months after it arises or “two years after the decedent's death plus the time remaining in the period commenced by an actual or published notice pursuant to § 14-3801, subsection A or B,” whichever is later.
In Arizona probate can take basically as long as it needs. An executor doesn't really have a timeline. There's a recommended start date, which is 60 days after somebody passes away.
Informal probate requires that the deceased had a valid will at the time of death that has not been challenged and died less than 2 years before probate is opened. In an informal probate process, a personal representative is appointed by the court to administer the estate with minimal court supervision.
If you contest a will, you will be required to prove it invalid. There is a statute of limitations in Arizona. This means that the will must be contested within four years of the testator's death.