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* the will is challenged by someone who feels left out of the will. | * the will is challenged by someone who feels left out of the will. | ||
: '''A Daughter’s Experience:''' I was executor of my mother’s estate. It was quite simple because she had distributed many of her possessions before she came to live with us. I didn’t have any trouble except that | : '''A Daughter’s Experience:''' I was executor of my mother’s estate. It was quite simple because she had distributed many of her possessions before she came to live with us. I didn’t have any trouble except that she left specific amounts of money to the beneficiaries and there wasn’t enough money to go around. When I made my Will, I put in percentages instead of actual amounts. I didn’t take a fee for being executor because it was for family and it didn’t take long to do the job. | ||
she left specific amounts of money to the beneficiaries and there wasn’t enough money to go around. When I made my Will, I put in percentages instead of actual amounts. I didn’t take a fee for being executor because it was for family and it didn’t take long to do the job. | |||
===Do I have to act as executor?=== | ===Do I have to act as executor?=== | ||
