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Nov 2025
Role of the Health Professional’s Report in Arizona Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings
Introduction If you are considering a guardianship or conservatorship for a loved one, and scratched the surface on your online research, odds are you have seen this document: the Health…
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May 2025
We are Thrilled to Welcome Vanessa L. Kanaga, Our New Estate Planning Attorney
Becker & House, PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Vanessa L. Kanaga has joined the firm as Of Counsel, focusing on estate planning, and estate and trust administration. Vanessa…
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May 2025
Laying Estate Planning Myths to Rest
One of the best things about being an estate planning attorney is that people generally get what I do, and they’re curious about it. It makes for interesting cocktail party…
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Apr 2025
Firm Partners Co-Author Groundbreaking New Book on Arizona Probate and Trust Law
We are proud to announce the publication of a new legal resource authored by three of our own: Mark House, Andrea Burnett O’Neill, and Amanda Barney. Their new book, Arizona…
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Apr 2019
Estate Planning Beyond the Grave…..and Back
By: Mark E. House, Esq. January 2018 Let me start by answering the questions that I get asked most often when I start talking about cryonics – yes, Ted…
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Apr 2019
Additional Information About the Multi-Investor Future Income Trust Model (MIFIT)
By: Mark E. House As part of the launch of the MIFIT, I thought it might be useful to provide answers to many of the questions I receive on a…
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The Multi-Investor Future Income Trust Model
By: Mark E. House One of the recurring themes when talking to Alcor’s members is how to save for revival after being cryopreserved. For many, the administrative costs of having…
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Oct 2018
A Guide for Practitioners: Standards for Capacity in Arizona
By: Mark E. House and Allison E. Evans* I. Capacity in Arizona “Capacity” in the legal sense means the legal ability to do something. An individual may be legally incapable…
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Dec 2017
Proposed Tax Bills Affect Your Deductions
For many of you, the year 2017 will be the last year you will get income tax savings from making charitable gifts. This newsletter describes a few tax-saving steps that…
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Oct 2011
Using Retirement Benefits in Your Estate Plan
By Allison E. Evans, Esq. Most individuals today understand the critical importance of saving for retirement. We were lectured about it by our parents, we stress it to our children,…
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Jan 2011
Estate Tax Changes
Estate Tax Changes in 2011 and Beyond The tax bill passed recently by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on 17 December 2010 addresses important tax issues for…
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Oct 2010
Preventing Financial Exploitation
In the current economic climate, there seem to be more and more predators on the elderly. Unfortunately, many of those predators are those we tend to trust the most –…
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Sep 2010
Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
As a population ages, protecting the elderly generation from financial predators becomes of paramount concern. The experience, at least in the author’s jurisdiction, is that financial exploitation is a significant…
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Aug 2010
Living Trust Mills
Living Trust Mills Can Be Financial Traps I recently received a series of postcards inviting me to an “Elder Law Update”, strongly suggesting that I need to have a Living…
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Jul 2010
Estate Planning for Your Pet
By John R. Becker, Esq. Becker & House, PLLC Certified Estate and Trust Law Specialist Several years ago Elizabeth lost her husband to cancer. With her children grown and living…
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