When the Executor Has a Personal Stake
The executor wanted to buy the deceased’s business. On paper, the plan seemed practical. The executor already understood the operation, the employees knew them, and…
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The Executor’s Paper Trail
Read guide: The Executor’s Paper TrailThe estate had been distributed three years earlier. The house was sold, the beneficiaries were paid and the executor believed the administration was finished. To…
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Protecting Yourself While Acting as Executor
Read guide: Protecting Yourself While Acting as ExecutorThe estate looked comfortably solvent. There was money in the bank, a mortgage-free house and only a handful of ordinary bills. The executor obtained probate,…
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The Executor’s Duty of Loyalty
Read guide: The Executor’s Duty of LoyaltyThe executor had found a buyer for the deceased’s house. The offer was lower than expected, but it came from the executor’s daughter. There would…
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When Several Executors Must Act as One
Read guide: When Several Executors Must Act as OneThe will appointed three executors. One lived near the deceased’s home and immediately began organising paperwork. Another lived overseas and wanted every decision documented before…
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When a New Zealand Estate Crosses Borders
Read guide: When a New Zealand Estate Crosses BordersThe executor thought the estate was almost ready to distribute. The New Zealand house had sold, local accounts had been closed and the remaining debts…
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When the Named Executor Cannot Take Charge
Read guide: When the Named Executor Cannot Take ChargeThe will named one executor: the deceased’s older brother. There was only one problem. He had died three years earlier. The family still had a…
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When the Original Will Cannot Be Used
Read guide: When the Original Will Cannot Be UsedThe executor found the envelope exactly where the deceased had said it would be. Inside was the will, but it was not in the condition…
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Managing NZ Probate From Overseas
Read guide: Managing NZ Probate From OverseasThe executor was sitting in a London apartment when the message arrived. Her uncle had died in New Zealand, and the will named her as…
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