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How can I view someone’s will in Arizona after they have passed? My foster mother died two months ago. Haven’t heard anything about her will. She was in Arizona. I am an adult living in Japan. Do I need a lawyer?I will assume the only facts available regarding your foster mother are she passed and she was domiciled in Arizona at the time of her death.I also gather your real purpose for asking your questions is you want to know if you are in your foster mother’s will.Short Answer. The short, simple answer is you will find out in due course if you are in your foster mother’s will.Your multiple questions raise further questions needing answers:How do you know your foster mother left a will?Do you know if an estate been opened for your foster mother and a personal representative appointed? In Arizona, estates must be opened within two years of a decedent’s death.[1] If an estate has not been opened for your foster mother, there is little you can do about learning if you are in your foster mother’s will until an estate is opened.If an estate has been opened and a personal representative appointed, have you received from the PR a probate pleading called Information of Appointment? This probate court pleading provides important information about decedent estates. Personal representatives in Arizona must provide to all interested persons in an estate (see definition of “interested person,” below) Informations of Appointment within thirty days of their appointment.[2]The Information of Appointment would set forth whether your foster mother left a will and, if so, that it has been admitted to probate.If you have received an Information of Appointment, you would be denominated as an “interested person” in your foster mother’s estate:Interested person: includes any trustee, heir, devisee, child,[3][3][3][3] spouse, creditor, beneficiary, person holding a power of appointment and other person who has a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, ward or protected person.Arizona Laws 14-1201. DefinitionsHowever, simply receiving an Information of Appointment from the personal representative does not necessarily mean you are in your foster mother’s will. Moreover, according to the Arizona Probate Code definition of “child,” foster children are not considered to be children of a decedent:"Child" includes a person who is entitled to take as a child under this title by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved. Child excludes a person who is only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or a more remote descendant.14-1201 - Definitions(emphasis mine)It is realized the above definition covers intestate succession, meaning a decedent did not leave a will. In any event, the Arizona Probate Code determines who are an intestate decedent’s heirs.Still, if your foster mother left a will or died without a will and the personal representative has not sent you an Information of Appointment, chances are you are not in your foster mother’s will and/or you would not be an heir at law.The Information of Appointment would state all papers in the probate court file for your foster mother’s estate can be viewed at the court or, upon reasonable request, provided by the PR. “Papers” would include the will. Therefore, again, if you received an Information of Appointment and it indicates your foster mother left a will, you should reach out to the PR and ask him/her to provide you with a copy of the will.If you make a reasonable inquiry of the PR to receive the will and s/he does not honor your request, you could proceed in other ways to obtain the will:The Information of Appointment would identify the Arizona probate court having jurisdiction over the estate and the probate file’s case number. Call the court, give the clerk the case number and ask if the file can be viewed online.There may be services in Arizona that retrieve documents from court files. Maybe you can find a service and hire it to go to court and retrieve and forward to you a copy of your foster mother’s will.Perhaps the best way to obtain a copy of your foster mother’s will would be to find a probate or elder law attorney in the same county in Arizona where the probate court is located. Explain your situation to the attorney and ask for help. The PR should not withhold the will from you as long as you are an interested person in your foster mother’s estate.If your foster mother died intestate, according to the definition of “child,” above, you will be SOL.Conclusion. Your situation boils down to whether you would be an interested person in the estate as a named beneficiary in your foster mother’s will, if she left one, or if you would have some other interest in her estate. If your foster mother did not remember you in her will and you have no other interest in her estate, you will not receive an Information of Appointment; therefore, the personal representative will have no obligation under the law to share your foster mother’s will with you. But probate court files are public record. You could obtain a copy of your will by hiring a court file retrieval service to retrieve the will. Or you could find a probate or elder law attorney to help you.While Quora legal discussions can be interesting and sometimes informative and entertaining, in no way should their content be taken or construed as legal advice. Only an attorney at law person has retained and with whom s/he has established an attorney-client relationship and who has been apprised of all facts in a matter is qualified to render legal advice for any situation.Footnotes[1] Is There a Statute of Limitations on Wills? - Arizona Estate Planning[2] Arizona Laws 14-3705. Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees[3] 14-1201 - Definitions[3] 14-1201 - Definitions[3] 14-1201 - Definitions[3] 14-1201 - Definitions

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