It’s difficult to wait for probate while debts go unpaid, but your patience might run out if an executor leaves things hanging to go on vacation. If your $60K inheritance is tied up and you’re stuck ...

'There's no trust in place, but there is a will' "How long does it take for an executor to be able to access the account and pay the debts of the deceased?" (Photo subject is a model.) Dear Quentin, ...

Being named an executor of someone’s estate is a serious responsibility. Executors are responsible for locating the will, determining whether probate is necessary, and notifying banks, credit card ...

Dear Liz: Our dad is 93 and has a reverse mortgage on his house, where he lived until recently with my brother and my brother’s friend. In August, we had to move Dad into assisted living. Shortly ...

Months after the bulk of their mother’s estate was divided and paid, a reader’s sister is seeking to keep a remaining balance of $150,000 as payment for her work as an executor. By Philip Galanes My ...

In In re Mittelsted, a trial court held a former executor in contempt for over twenty acts of commingling personal property with estate property and ordered that the executor pay over $200,000 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, ...

If you're planning your estate or helping someone else do the same, here's what you need to know about appointing (or acting as) an executor.

Q. Our mom passed away, leaving her house to A. She left all her other assets to B, C and D. The house is appraised at $400,000. The total value of the other assets is also $400,000. All the ...