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When you pass away and your will is accepted for probate, your executor "steps into your shoes," meaning he or she can perform all the legal tasks you used to do. This includes selling your property, ...

Dear Jeanne & Leonard: My wife and I, both in our 60s, need new successor executors for our trust. My successor is my oldest sister, who is in her 80s. And my wife's is her mother, who's older still.

Q: What options can you recommend for finding a good executor for my will? At one time I thought one of my two kids could do it, but they are both financially inept and would probably make a mess of ...

The ‘Executor of the Estate’ sounds like a title for a new spellbinding novel. While the position is, perhaps, not so grand as the name would imply it's, nonetheless, extremely important. Let's look ...

It's an important question: Who can be trusted to take care of your estate when you're gone? When you pass away and your will is accepted for probate, your executor "steps into your shoes," meaning he ...