Last week, I wrote about how lucrative acting as an executor can be, noting it’s a job that doesn’t require formal qualifications or experience.

I promised a follow-up about how accessible the job really is.

I might reasonably be accused of “blowing hot and cold” or “talking out of both sides of my mouth” because of a previous column, (published June 23, 2024) where I gave an onerous list of executor duties and suggest that you might want to hire a professional to save your loved ones the burden.

Yes, acting as executor comes with a lot of responsibilities. But it absolutely can be handled by anyone who’s reasonably diligent and organized.

But what if you don’t have the first clue about what to do?

Law firm handling the estate grant

Your best resource is the law firm you hire to handle the legal work to obtain the estate grant – commonly referred to as probate.

Don’t automatically hire the firm that’s holding onto the original will. Call around to find a firm........

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