Executors involvement

Mojisola

olibrofiz wrote: »

Friends mother died, and friend & her half brother (poss step father too? can they be?) are executors of the will.

Has she seen the will yet? Exactly who is named as the executors?

caseydog_2

Errata wrote: »

The PO sends the form to the executor for signature and return to the PO; other executors do not have sight of it.

Actually, my brother and I are executors, and he can't attend the PO meeting. When I took the Probate forms in they just handed me the form to get him to sign. All legit in our case, but it could so easily be misused .

Errata

That's interesting, the PO insisted in posting mine to me. Perehaps my co-executor looked a bit shifty

Biggles

Errata wrote: »

The PO sends the form to the executor for signature and return to the PO; other executors do not have sight of it.

The guidance notes say that '... the Probate Registry will, on receipt of your application, send you a form for the executor(s) to sign to confirm their intention. You should arrange for this to be completed and then return it to the Probate Registry as instructed.'

I'm fairly sure that was how it worked out when my brother signed for 'Power Reserved' a couple of years ago, I don't believe anything was sent directly to him, it all went through me, the applicant.

soolin

I am executor of my late fathers will and the other executor cannot be traced at all. This is causing me a great deal of problems as I am struggling to get probate unless I can either prove that the other executor is happy for me to act alone, or I can prove he is dead.

Savvy_Sue

soolin wrote: »

I am executor of my late fathers will and the other executor cannot be traced at all. This is causing me a great deal of problems as I am struggling to get probate unless I can either prove that the other executor is happy for me to act alone, or I can prove he is dead.

we really MUST do our wills again - I know one of our executors is dead, his wife is getting on and it seems a bit tasteless to write and ask for a copy of his death certificate to put with our wills (although we can probably get one ourselves). The other lives 100 miles away from us now, we haven't been in touch with him for nearly 10 years, he's probably forgotten we ever asked him!

He will at least be fairly easy to trace, having a very unusual surname and a professional career.

Mrs_Supersaver_1

Can anyone help me please? I have been 'told' I am 1 of 2 step children to be executor of our parents will. Their daughter is our step sister and knew when the will was made etc, we did not and were never asked to be executors - should we have been?

Willman_Rodders

Mrs_Supersaver_1 wrote: »

Can anyone help me please? I have been 'told' I am 1 of 2 step children to be executor of our parents will. Their daughter is our step sister and knew when the will was made etc, we did not and were never asked to be executors - should we have been?

It is good practice to tell an executor that they have been appointed to the role, but there is no legal requirement to do so.

Mojisola

Willman_Rodders wrote: »

It is good practice to tell an executor that they have been appointed to the role, but there is no legal requirement to do so.

And you don't have to do the work if you don't want to. When the time comes, you can sign a form giving up the executor role.

That's why it's always best to make sure the people you want to be executors are actually willing to do the job.