On 8/11/2014 9:24 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-08-11 7:49 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> There's a heck of a lot involved, that's for sure. I can't think of one
>> good reason anyone would *want* to be the executor of an estate.
>>
>>
>
> My brother has a friend who is a lawyer who ha a lot of elderly clients.
> He has written up wills for them and written himself in as executor. He
> starts off every morning checking out the obituaries. When he sees a
> client's name he locks up the house and sends in an assessor to
> calculate the value..... so he can claim his fee, which will be a
> percentage of the value of the estate.
>
Sounds very unscrupulous. Mom's lawyer didn't charge an exhorbitant
amount for handling the probate. Then again, it didn't amount to much
work on his part. Her Will very clearly defined the division of monies
and property. All he had to do was file it with the court.

My brothers had already picked out the furniture and things they
wanted... heck, they did that the day of Dad's funeral. They were
walking around the house saying "I want this" "I want that". Good lord,
all of it belongs to Mom. She's still alive. Don't walk around the
house shopping over your parents' graves. This isn't a yard sale.

Jill

> For some reason, I agreed to be executor for my sister in law and her
> husband. He has said that if she goes first he won't allow the estate to
> be dealt with for at least a year. His family is totally dysfunctional.
> I will be charging a fee on that one and then pass it back to SiL.
>
> My brother was executor of my aunt's will. I had been her power of
> attorney. He was not going to collect a executor's fee on that but our
> cousin was such a pain in the ass that he ended passing the job off to
> his lawyer friend, and they both collected a fee. I don't blame him.
> She had annoyed me enough when I was PoA. No need to go into details
> about her problem, but nephews were entrusted with positions of PoA and
> executor over the only daughter.
>