Will Changes

Savvy_Sue

eddy, I agree with Yorkshireman that discussing this with the executor is a good plan. I have a dear friend whose sight, never good, has deteriorated sharply over the last few years. They have been been dealing with probate for one person and power of attorney / house clearance / arranging residential care for another. When their sight was at its best this might not have been too bad, but I sense at times that it is all becoming too much - and it's not just the reading, but also the traveling involved with the PofA / house clearance / residential care.

Disabilities are not an automatic bar to acting as executor but due consideration is sensible. I have twice done probate jointly with a sibling who is too deaf to reliably use a phone, and they would not have agreed to act alone - even though I did very little by phone.

eddyinfreehold

Fair enough Sue, Yorkshireman. I can't disagree with a lot of what you are saying. It was the phrase "for the sake of political correctness" that raised my hackles. What I was considering was far from that, and like Yorkshireman my experience with disability and inclusion qualifies me to comment. I know my sight impaired son would be both angry and mortified if we did not consider him an equally capable executor of his parents' estate as his older sister. The four of us have discussed the future in depth and made arrangements to suit both them and their much more disabled sister.

We are wandering a bit off topic now...