Overview
The Wills for Heroes program provides free estate planning
legal services to first responder personnel in Arizona.
The Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Arizona
oversees the program and is an affiliate of the
Wills for Heroes Foundation, a charitable 501(c)(3) entity.
For more information on the Wills for Heroes Foundation,
please visit www.willsforheroes.org
Frequently Asked Questions for First Responders
Please click here to see the Frequently Asked Questions page.
What Services Are Provided?
The volunteer attorneys will help you establish a basic Will and
powers of attorney. For large estates (over $750,000) or complicated
probate matters,
you will be referred to a panel of attorneys who have agreed to help
you at a reduced fee.
I want to volunteer, or I want to invite the WFH Program to my community.
To do this, email sba.wfh@azbar.org.
Who’s Eligible?
All Arizona “first responders,” other than enlisted and reserve
military members, are eligible for this free service. It must be coordinated
through their employer. Those eligible include:
• Police officers
• Corrections officers
• Probation Officers
• Firefighters
• Paramedics
The program also offers free Wills to the emergency responder’s
spouse or widow/widower.
How Does the Process Work?
Contact the Wills for Heroes team to make an appointment and set up
a specific time and location for your group’s members to get free
legal assistance. Information will be provided to you in advance so
the people who need legal assistance will have time to gather appropriate
paperwork and information. A group of attorneys will arrive at your
location and work with each emergency responder to discuss his/her matter
in a confidential manner.
The emergency worker will sit down with a lawyer, who will ask questions and input the information into a computer. Together they will produce the appropriate legal documents at the site and have it notarized. The goal is to complete the entire process in one meeting.
What Forms Do I Need?
The links below provide a more detailed explanation of the Wills for Heroes program as well as the Estate Planning Questionnaire. Each first responder and their spouse or partner must complete a separate Estate Planning Questionnaire form before meeting with the Wills for Heroes attorney. If you use Microsoft Word, you can type your answers in the document on-screen and then print it. Otherwise, you can print the Adobe Acrobat PDF version to fill out manually.
Estate Planning Questionnaire.doc
(Microsoft Word)
Estate Planning Questionnaire.pdf (Adobe Acrobat)
Are Other Legal Services Provided?
The Wills for Heroes program provides only the services listed above.
If you have other legal needs, you may consult an attorney or check
with the State Bar to see if there are other legal service providers
that may be able to assist you.
Service So Far
• 4,078 Wills and estate planning documents completed
• 83 Wills for Heroes events held in 14 of Arizona’s 15 counties
• Over 5,150 hours of free legal services
Additional Resources
Understanding Wills and Trusts
How Can I Find Out More?
For more information and to set up an appointment for lawyers to help
your group, Contact the State Bar at sba.wfh@azbar.org.
| Upcoming Events... | ||
| September 27 | Cochise County First Responders (in Sierra Vista) | |
| September 27 | Phoenix Fire Department | |
| October 11 | U.S. Customs & Border Protection (Phoenix) | |
| October 11 | Tucson Police Department | |
| October 18 | Pima County Sheriff’s Department | |
| November 8 | Arizona Department of Corrections – Perryville Prison (Goodyear) |
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| December 3 | Glendale Fire Department | |
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Supporting Organizations
The following organizations support the Arizona Wills for Heroes program:
• Wills for Heroes Foundation
• 100 Club of
Arizona
• AZCOPS - Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs - Local 7077
• Arizona Fire
District Association
• Arizona Minority Bar Association
• Hot Docs by
Lexis Nexis
• Attorney's Will Registry
• Pima County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
• Arizona Asian American Bar Association
• Arizona Police Association
• Hayzel B. Daniels Bar Association
• Los Abogados