Finding out that you have been selected to be a family member’s Executor can be both an honor and a huge time commitment. Although each estate administration varies depending on the complexity and ...

As an executor you are responsible for collecting the estate’s assets, settling any debts, arranging the payment of ...

After my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2020, I started my role as his estate executor using my Power-of-Attorney or POA designation and wrote about those activities in my article titled ...

You are not an executor until the court admits the decedent’s will to probate, signs an order appointing you as executor, and you take the executor’s oath. Courtesy / Getty Images/iStockphoto If you ...

Simply put, an executor manages the last will and testament of someone who dies. Acting as an executor is an honour and a huge responsibility. As the designated representative of the deceased, ...

Far too many of us put off finalizing estate documents because we get hung-up on one or more decisions where we believe we have less than optimal choices. Over my next few posts, I will provide my ...

You know the deceased loved one had a will and that you were named as the executor. The executor is responsible for the settlement of the estate. Connecticut statutes require an estate be settled ...

Executors across the United States regularly discover that managing a parent’s estate creates emotional crosscurrents that have little to do with legal paperwork. Even in families without ...

Q. My aunt is a widow, has no children and is in an assisted living center with dementia. A few years ago, she signed a will naming me as executor. I never received a copy of the will. One of my ...