Aaron Broverman is the Managing Editor of Forbes Advisor Canada. He has almost 20 years of experience writing in the personal finance space for outlets such as Bankrate, Bankrate Canada, ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways - How to Prepare to Be an Executor of an Estate If a loved one asks you to be the executor of their estate, think carefully before you accept this responsibility. While ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Perhaps the most important decision that you can make is the selection of the person to oversee your financial affairs if you are unable to do so. This person is the successor trustee of your trust, ...

DEAR JEFF: My father died, and my sister is the executor of the estate. I know they have been to court, but nothing else has really been done in the case. Isn’t she supposed to file an inventory? How ...

Executors are expected to make prudent decisions about how to liquidate an estate, but what if it’s not as valuable as they think? By Ronda Kaysen Q: I’m the executor of my mother’s estate. The sale ...

State laws such as the RUFADAA (Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act) offer the executor of an estate or attorney access to a person’s online accounts after incapacitation or death.

Under New Jersey law, the person selected as an executor of a will has numerous legal responsibilities following the death of the person who signed the will. Primarily, they have a duty to probate the ...