Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia
If someone has been declared legally disabled due to being bipolar, can they legally be an executor of someone's will?
Asked on 12/29/09, 7:36 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
There is no such status as "legally disabled" formally recognized in the law of the Commonwealth (as far as I am aware), and, therefore, whoever this person may be, he or she is very likely to have sufficent minimal competence to act as an executor of a decedent's estate.
Answered on 1/03/10, 7:57 am