Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas
Duties of the Executor
What are the legal requirements of an executor of an estate? More specifically can one heir out of five force the executor to change an investment owned by the estate to benefit the one heir?
Asked on 8/06/04, 1:00 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Bradie
Bradie, Bradie & Bradie
Re: Duties of the Executor
The executor has a fiduciary duty to all the heirs. A change that may benefit one does not breach that duty if none of the others are disadvantaged. However, the propriety and ethics are open to question.
Answered on 8/06/04, 6:04 pm
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