Ultimately does it really matter who is executor? All the executor does is distribute as per the will.
Thats what I thought until I found myself in the position of my fathers brother being executor of his will and due to bad blood in the family (and the executor being a santicmonious judgemental control freak) I discovered that an executor can make life very difficult and can cost the estate a lot of money. This man has refused to speak to myself or sibling since our parents death last january and did NOTHING as regards his executor duties until a couple of months ago despite us sending him requests from our own solicitor asking him to either take up his executorship or renounce it (costing us money to send the letters), most recently he has had a valuation done on the family home that cost more than double the highest quote we had for a valuation. He has not bothered to deal with social welfare cheques that are now long out of date, that myself and sibling were not allowed lodge because ONLY the executor can do this.
People say 'oh yes well he has to produce an executors account and he can be held liable for things that he did not deal with such as the cheques' - but that is going to cost myself and sibling money to drag him through the legal system to get justice for ourselves.
The executor is in possession of my father's will "for safe keeping". I am certain that both he and his wife (my sister) know what is in my father's will. No other family member has seen the will.
My concern is that my sister who is regularly talking about becoming my fathers Power of Attorney and her husband the executor will have complete control over my father's assets.
The will should be in a Solicitor's office -- end of story
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