You can be a "good" executor, even though carrying out someone's final wishes from their estate can be challenging.

Who can be trusted to complete your affairs when you are gone? This is the question all financial advisors should ask, but they often leave that question to an estate attorney. Danielle Miura Even ...

Often, being named as an executor happens while you’re still answering condolence messages and planning a funeral. Someone ...

Here are some tips for choosing an executor: Consider your relationship with the person. Often, your surviving spouse or another family member is a good choice, but there could be advantages to ...

Aaron Broverman is the Managing Editor of Forbes Advisor Canada. He has almost 20 years of experience writing in the personal finance space for outlets such as Bankrate, Bankrate Canada, ...

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EstateExec™, the leading online software for estate executors and their lawyers, now supports people who have recently written a will and want to ...

A. We’re sorry to hear about your mom. Your first step should be to carefully review the terms of your mother’s will, paying particularly close attention to the ...

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Prior to the distribution of an estate by an executor to its beneficiaries, an executor must prepare an accounting which outlines the assets of an estate, its liabilities, and the expenses paid by an ...

Q. We have three grown children listed as co-executors of our wills for when we’ve both died. We’ve heard that it can get very confusing when probating a will when there are multiple executors. Are ...