Trusts · What it costs
The price follows what you own, not what you are worth.
Two families with the same net worth can need very different plans. Here is what actually moves the number, and what the alternative costs your family later.
Why nobody can quote you a price online.
A trust is priced by the work in it. Six accounts at six institutions and a rental in another state is a different job from one house and one bank, even if the two estates are worth the same.
So we do it the other way around. You tell us what you own at a free consultation, and we give you one flat number before any work begins.
See what we buildWhat moves the number
Six things that set the price.
Read down these and you will know roughly where your own plan sits before you ever call us.
How many properties, and where
One Scottsdale house is simple. A rental in Tucson and a cabin in another state means more deeds, more counties, and more recording.
How many accounts move
Funding is per account. Six institutions take longer than one, and that time is most of what you are paying for.
Whether anyone needs protecting
A child with a disability, a beneficiary who cannot hold a lump sum, or a young adult on a staged payout. Each one means custom drafting.
Whether the family is blended
Children from a first marriage and a current spouse is the most common reason a plan needs real thought rather than a template.
Whether a business is involved
An LLC or a family company brings its own operating agreement, and sometimes a succession conversation alongside the trust.
Revocable or irrevocable
An irrevocable trust is a different document with tax questions attached. It costs more, and most families do not need one.
Paying now against paying later.
Skipping a trust is not free. It moves the bill to your family, at the moment they are least able to argue about it.
- When you pay
A trust, now
Once, while you are alive and can shop around.
Probate, later
After a death, when your family cannot.
- Who pays
A trust, now
You do.
Probate, later
The estate does, which means your beneficiaries do.
- How it is priced
A trust, now
A flat fee we quote before any work starts.
Probate, later
Usually hourly, and the hours depend on how tidy the paperwork is and whether anyone objects.
- The time cost
A trust, now
A few weeks of appointments and signatures.
Probate, later
A.R.S. 14-3801 gives creditors four months from first publication, so nothing closes before then.
- Other line items
A trust, now
County recording fees for the deeds. Small and predictable.
Probate, later
Court filing fees, publication costs, appraisals, and compensation for the personal representative under A.R.S. 14-3719.
- If someone disagrees
A trust, now
You are alive to explain what you wanted.
Probate, later
A contested case adds months and legal fees on both sides.
When we tell you to spend less.
Not every family needs a trust. One Arizona house, accounts that already name beneficiaries, and an estate under the small estate limits: a good will can carry that whole plan. It costs a fraction of a trust.
We would rather send you home with a smaller bill and a plan that fits. That is a better outcome for you, and it is how the referrals that keep this firm busy get made.
How Arizona probate worksThe Turquoise difference
An attorney-backed plan, priced to be reachable.
Turquoise Law Group is an Arizona-licensed Alternative Business Structure. That is the reason a real attorney can stand behind your plan at a price a working family can pay.
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Arizona families helped
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A modern, honest structure
Arizona lets us run a licensed Alternative Business Structure. That means skilled paralegals do more of the work. Attorneys still oversee all of it, so you get real legal help at a fair price.
Bilingual, English and Spanish
Our owner and founder, Irma C. Davenport, is fluent in Spanish. Every family is served, and every document explained, in the language they know best.
Personal, one-on-one attention
You work with people who know your name and your story, not a case number. Plain answers, and real time for your questions.
Decades of Arizona experience
Our attorneys have guided families through wills, trusts, guardianships, and probate for years, with the judgment that only comes from the work itself.
The cheapest trust is the one that fails.
A low price that stops at the signature leaves your house in your own name and your family in probate anyway. That is the most expensive version of all.
Where bargain trusts breakKeep exploring
Where this fits in your plan.
Cost questions, answered straight.
Including the ones that end with us charging you less. If yours is not here, just call.
Call (480) 863-6303We quote a flat fee at your free consultation, once we know what you own. Estate plans vary too much for a single sticker price, and any firm that gives you one before seeing your assets is guessing.
Because the work does not end at the signature. Funding a trust means new deeds, retitled accounts, and reviewed beneficiary forms. That labor is the difference, and it is also the part that makes the trust work.
We quote estate planning as a flat fee, so you know the number before we start. You should never be watching the clock while you ask a question about your own family.
Sometimes, honestly. A small estate with clean beneficiary forms may not need a trust at all. Once there is real estate in two states, a business, or a beneficiary who needs protection, probate is usually the more expensive path.
It can if it is small enough. A.R.S. 14-3971 allows an affidavit instead of full probate up to $200,000 in personal property and $300,000 in real property, counted after liens. The real property affidavit waits six months from the date of death.
We are an Arizona-licensed Alternative Business Structure. Skilled paralegals do more of the work, and an attorney still oversees all of it. That is what lowers the price.
Not for holding the trust. There is no annual charge and no separate tax return for a revocable trust. Amendments later, such as adding a property or changing a trustee, are quoted when you need them.
Ask at your consultation. Making a real plan reachable for working families is the reason the firm is structured the way it is, so raise it early rather than deciding you cannot afford to plan.
This page is general information for educational purposes and is not legal advice or a quote for your matter. Reading it does not make us your lawyers. Fees are quoted in writing after a consultation.
Turquoise Law Group, PLLC contracts with Roddy & Urness, PLLC or Nancy C. Pohl, PLLC in order to provide legal advice to your matter at an affordable cost.
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