It’s hard to find good help, especially when you’re dead. Choosing an estate’s executor, the person who carries out the terms of a will, is a fraught decision, and whether you tap a friend, family ...

A. It seems you’re trying to determine how the executor fee, also called the corpus commission, is set. In New Jersey, the fee is 5% of the first $200,000 of assets taken in by the executor, 3.5% of ...

Sometimes clients suggest ideas that lend themselves easily to columns. This column resulted from a comment by a client who had been asked by a relative if he would be willing to serve as executor of ...

Probate is the legal process through which a deceased person's estate is managed and distributed. When someone passes away, their assets, which include properties, possessions, and finances, are not ...

What rules to follow - and exceptions, too - for an executor's fee. (pippalou/morguefile.com) Q. My father-in-law passed away three years ago. In his will, he left everything to his two kids. The will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to find good help, especially when you’re dead. Choosing an estate’s executor, the person who carries out the terms of a ...

Q. Our mom passed away, leaving her house to A. She left all her other assets to B, C and D. The house is appraised at $400,000. The total value of the other assets is also $400,000. All the ...

The beneficiary: “Paul” is an 85-year-old remarried widower in Northern Ontario with kids and grandkids. Honest, trustworthy ...