About Being an Executor

This wikibook from People's Law School contains information about putting your affairs in order and planning for the future. Inside you will find information about being an executor, what to do when someone has asked you to be their executor and where can I get more help? This edition reflects changes to the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (2014).

Being an Executor © People’s Law School is, except for the images, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada Licence. This licence lets others share, reuse, remix, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as they credit the copyright holder and license their new creations under the identical terms.

The People’s Law School works within budget to keep publications up-to-date. However, the reader or service provider is responsible for using and interpreting information in this publication. You should not rely on this publication for legal advice. It provides general information only.

Acknowledgements

The content writer was Gayla Reid and was updated by Hassan el Masri, and the legal review was done by Joan Letendre.

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