Arizona Laws 14-5604. Claim against estate for expenses
A. The public fiduciary has a claim for all of the following against the estate of the ward, protected person or decedent:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-5604
- Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Fiduciary: includes a personal representative, guardian, conservator and trustee. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Protected person: means a minor or any other person for whom a conservator has been appointed or any other protective order has been made. See Arizona Laws 14-5101
- Security: includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under that title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share or voting trust certificate and, in general, includes any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of these securities. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
- Ward: means a person for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Arizona Laws 14-5101
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.