Planning Your Will

Planning Your Will

One of the worst mistakes I’ve seen people make is appointing two children as co-executors of their will. It tends to happen because the parent doesn’t want to insult their children. They don’t want to favor one child over the other, and they think that...
Judith Heft & Associates, Executor Assistants

Judith Heft & Associates, Executor Assistants

When someone is named executor of a will, it comes with a lot of responsibility.  First, they must put the interests of the estate before their own interests — this is called acting as a fiduciary. If any litigation takes place (like a will contest), it’s the...