QUESTION
If a person dies in Arizona but will be buried in Utah, where must will and estate be probated?
Asked on Oct 14th, 2012 on Estate Planning - Arizona
More details to this question:
Daughter is in Arizona with the dead mother. She is not the executor of estate. Her brother-in-law in Utah is. Will her mother’s estate be probated in Arizona? Mother died in Arizona but will be buried in Utah. Daughter is having problems with getting funds from brother -in-law for burial expenses, transport and her travel.
1 ANSWER
The will would be probated in the state where the decedent died (or where she owned property). The location of her burial does not matter.
Answered on Oct 17th, 2012 at 12:02 AM