Insights.
Field notes on Arizona probate failure modes — written by the founder, cited to statute.
The Case for Estate Pre-Clearance: Why the Discovery-Too-Late Default Is the Profession’s Biggest Liability at Intake
An analysis of the five failure modes Arizona probate attorneys inherit at intake — and the economic case for surfacing them before the petition is filed instead of after.
MERP X-Ray™: 5-Stage Pre-Filing Medicaid Recovery Analysis
A practitioner’s guide to the federal recovery mandate, the expanded-estate election under 42 U.S.C. 1396p(b)(4)(B), and the analysis that surfaces exposure at intake — before the petition is filed and the demand letter arrives.
AI Pre-Clearance Intelligence: What Estate Planning Tools Miss at Probate Intake
Why estate planning technology has ignored the moment the probate attorney inherits the file — and what a new category of intake-stage AI tools is designed to surface.
How to Avoid Probate in Arizona: A Practitioner’s Guide to Seven Instruments and Their Limits
A comprehensive analysis of Arizona’s probate avoidance mechanisms — what each instrument does, what it doesn’t, and the drift the probate attorney inherits at intake when avoidance fails.
Beneficiary Deed Arizona: What Estate Attorneys Need to Know
A practitioner’s analysis of A.R.S. 33-405 — five failure modes, creditor exposure, and why recording isn’t the end of the conversation.
AHCCCS Estate Recovery: What Every Arizona Executor Should Know
A forensic analysis of Arizona’s AHCCCS estate recovery program — mechanics, statutory priority, and the instruments that don’t protect you.
About the author
Karlin built ProbateZero after watching probate intakes blow up on MERP claims and TOD deed misses. He runs the product, the briefings, and answers every cohort email personally.
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