Arizona § 14-5604 Claim against estate for expenses

Arizona Statutes

§ 14-5604 — Claim against estate for expenses

Arizona § 14-5604

Title 14Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 5PROTECTION OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY AND THEIR PROPERTY

Art. 6Public Fiduciary

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14-5604 (2026).

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A.The public fiduciary has a claim for all of the following against the estate of the ward, protected person or decedent:

1.Reasonable expenses incurred in the execution of the guardianship, conservatorship or public administration.

2.Compensation for the fiduciary's services and the fiduciary's attorney that the court in which the accounts are settled deems just and reasonable.

3.An annual assessment in lieu of bond of twenty-five dollars and one-fourth of one per cent of the amount of an estate greater than ten thousand dollars. A fiduciary shall not take this assessment from the ward's or protected person's estate if the ward or protected person is eligible for supplemental security income benefits or would be eligible for these benefits if that person were not in a public instit

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A. The public fiduciary has a claim for all of the following against the estate of the ward, protected person or decedent:

1. Reasonable expenses incurred in the execution of the guardianship, conservatorship or public administration.

2. Compensation for the fiduciary's services and the fiduciary's attorney that the court in which the accounts are settled deems just and reasonable.

3. An annual assessment in lieu of bond of twenty-five dollars and one-fourth of one per cent of the amount of an estate greater than ten thousand dollars. A fiduciary shall not take this assessment from the ward's or protected person's estate if the ward or protected person is eligible for supplemental security income benefits or would be eligible for these benefits if that person were not in a public institution.

B. The public fiduciary shall pay all funds received pursuant to this section to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund.