Executor's right to past information

Mickey666

Sine_Nomine said:

Mickey666 said:

If there is nothing to hide what's the problem with providing the information, especially when they have that right as executor.

Swamp him with as much information as you've got!

He largely doesn't have the information being requested, so it means getting it. In practice we feel this can be dealt with by my OH saying 'don't have that info', if you feel it is relevant then you go get it.

The 'problem with providing the information' is fundamentally that their parents didn't want him to have it, and probably forgot they had named him as a joint executor.   

That's why I suggested giving him everything you've got.  After that, as executor, he has the right/authority to dig into past statements as he sees fit.  I think you're right to suggest that he does just that if he wants the information . . . and remind him that if he finds anything you don't have then you'd like a copy

As for whether the parents didn't want him to have the information, that's now in the past and the fact is that he IS an executor.  I can understand your frustration, but it is what it is.