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Re: Did you or a relative charge for being executor?


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Posted by 1970-1655 on December 20, 2012 at 05:01:09 from (50.102.8.234):

In Reply to: Did you or a relative charge for being executor? posted by Executor of an estate on December 19, 2012 at 20:48:10:

It can be a mess, but it has to be done. If you have broad shoulders and thick skin, you can do it.
Both parents died after farming for 62 years. They had all 3 of us as executors. That was a mess. One demanded he gets to handle all the bill paying and keeping track of the banking. The rest decided to let him so we did not have as much headaches from him. After the first year with nothing being cleaned out (except one bank account) or settled, other members asked me what other options we had. I told them we should see a different attorney for advice. The estate was so messed up the first attorney wanted out. The other family members told the new attorney to designate me as executor. I kept a running log of everything, hours, miles, phone calls. When it came time to finally have an auction, I got no help other than my wife. They never threw anything away. They even had every receipt from 1946 to the last purchase. Interesting reading, but time consuming. At final closing, attorney asked for my expenses, I said "none." My other brother insisted I be paid for all I did. He works a lot of mandatory overtime so they could not help much. After all was paid out, I got a check in the mail from attorney. Said my younger brother insisted I should be paid so she put that in the estate final expenses presented to the court and had no objections from anyone.

If anything might ever come into question, it is good to have a complete, detailed record log. (time and length of calls with phone statement, time of travels with miles, start and end times when cleaning and sorting, etc.) Pictures of the way everything looks before you touch anything, as well as every step of the way. Also, it would be good every time you went near the estate to have another sibling with you if possible to avoid some of the "you took XXX."


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