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Why Probate Requires Everyone’s Address
The short answer
Addresses for beneficiaries and other interested parties are how those people are given notice in a probate case, so they actually know what is going on. In the speaker's experience, a missing address has led to continued hearings, delays and, at times, hiring a private investigator to find it.
From the full episode Privacy in Arizona Probate: What Becomes Public (17:49).
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Transcript
It would just be nice if we could send the notice of hearing and the petition out if we have a hearing. You know, stuff that's maybe not super sensitive. It's public anyway. That kind of stuff just for ease, but I completely understand making sure that people actually have the notice. They actually know what's going on.
And I've had hearings get continued and I've had things drag out because we couldn't get an address. We had to hire a private investigator to find an address and try them. It's just part of it.
And so a lot of people I don't think think about that. It makes sense when you talk about it, but when they come in to start probate, they're like, "Well, why do I need to give you everybody's address?" Well, that's how we're going to notice them. And then everybody's like, "That's super antiquated." And I'm like, "Yep."
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