What is a First Deed of Trust in Arizona? Under Arizona law, a first deed of trust has priority over a lien. Does “first” refer to the first deed that is recorded or the first-in-time of any instrument recorded? In Cypress on Sunland Homeowners Ass’n v. Orlandini, 253 P.3d 288 (2011) the Arizona Court of […]

Appealing Court Orders in an Unsupervised Probate When Arizona adopted the Uniform Probate Code, probate procedure changed. The new law permits unsupervised probate proceedings in addition to supervised proceedings. In supervised proceedings, the court oversees the entire probate. In unsupervised proceedings, the personal representative only brings difficult questions to the court. In a supervised proceeding, […]