Personal representatives are tasked with managing estates when people die, either according to the terms of their will or the state laws that govern certain successions. An executor is a type of ...

A Personal Representative (PR) is in charge of the property (estate) of an individual who has died (known as the decedent). When a person passes away, their assets become property of their estate. Any ...

Q: You wrote about personal representatives recently. What happens if you don’t have any family to be personal representative? Other than a family member, who can be personal representative?

Q. I was named “personal representative” (executor) in my mother’s will. She has now died, and I have been trying to carry out this responsibility. I have taken the will to banks and other ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently identified a situation in which the personal representative of an estate is not entitled to have attorney fees paid from estate assets. Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner ...

It is generally assumed capital gains tax (CGT) is replaced by inheritance tax (IHT) on death. However under certain circumstances it still may be charged. Gains already realised by the individual in ...

Advisers may stop being executors or personal representatives of estates for their clients if IHT is imposed on pensions, a panel of tax experts have warned. Appearing in front of the Finance Bill Sub ...