Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas
Executors & Administrators
What happens when an executor and then the administrator dies before the will has been probated?
Asked on 4/30/01, 3:45 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Executors & Administrators
You can appoint a successor administrator or executor. First, you need to look at the will to see if there is a successor named in the will. If that doesn't help, then the probate code has a list of people in preferential order that can be successor executors.
Answered on 6/18/01, 11:20 pm