http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/my-ex-wants-me-to-be-executor-of-his-will/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/my-ex-wants-me-to-be-executor-of-his-will/comment-page-1/#comment-8740 Reggie Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=677#comment-8740 This is a prescription for disaster. Imagine the funeral arrangements, for starters. A widow, the ex wife who is the mother of the dead man's children and and also the executor. Who decides how the decedent is to be buried? If the sales proceeds from the sale of the house is included in the Will, who who gets to accept the offer, the widow who lives there or the ex? I agree with Jos: If the wife and the ex ar both in on the plans and both women know everything about the Will ahead of time, maybe this could all succeed. Maybe. But in general, it's a dumb idea. This is a prescription for disaster. Imagine the funeral arrangements, for starters. A widow, the ex wife who is the mother of the dead man’s children and and also the executor. Who decides how the decedent is to be buried? If the sales proceeds from the sale of the house is included in the Will, who who gets to accept the offer, the widow who lives there or the ex?
I agree with Jos: If the wife and the ex ar both in on the plans and both women know everything about the Will ahead of time, maybe this could all succeed.
Maybe.
But in general, it’s a dumb idea.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/my-ex-wants-me-to-be-executor-of-his-will/comment-page-1/#comment-8719 Yolanda Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:10:07 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=677#comment-8719 Bernice should refuse. This is idiotic. No good can come out of it, too much baggage for this idea to work . The ex should hire a lawyer to do be executor, or appoint a reliable friend. Might cost him, but every penny. Bernice should refuse. This is idiotic. No good can come out of it, too much baggage for this idea to work . The ex should hire a lawyer to do be executor, or appoint a reliable friend. Might cost him, but every penny.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/my-ex-wants-me-to-be-executor-of-his-will/comment-page-1/#comment-8718 Jos Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:04:58 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=677#comment-8718 Bernice can agree to do it -- but only if she knows that the current wife gets enough in the will. Otherwise the current wife might drag everyone through the courts trying to persuade them that Bernice had some kind of weird hold on her ex. Even better, the ex should get the wife's agreement to the proposed arrangement. I'm an estate lawyer, btw, never seen this kind of option before Bernice can agree to do it — but only if she knows that the current wife gets enough in the will. Otherwise the current wife might drag everyone through the courts trying to persuade them that Bernice had some kind of weird hold on her ex. Even better, the ex should get the wife’s agreement to the proposed arrangement. I’m an estate lawyer, btw, never seen this kind of option before

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/my-ex-wants-me-to-be-executor-of-his-will/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 Heidi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:56:25 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=677#comment-8717 Sounds like someone regrets his ex is his ex... Sounds like someone regrets his ex is his ex…

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