An Ontario woman has successfully ousted her estranged sister as co-executor of their mother’s estate after a judge ruled the sister’s inaction had endangered the estate’s assets. Carmelina Sassano, ...

The court reversed a probate court order that reinstated a son as co-executor of his father's estate after he had earlier renounced the role in writing. The decedent, Emory Travis, left his house to ...

The role of an executor is to step into your shoes after your death to ensure that your assets are distributed in the best interests of your estate and those that you love. It’s an important job that ...

Money, they say, is the root of all evil. And this is what often happens when a family member has a role to play when it comes to devolving assets for a deceased estate when they have been appointed ...

An unfortunate situation arose recently involving a colleague appointed by the deceased as executor alongside the deceased's partner as a co-executor. The funeral had been arranged by the co-executor ...

What is the position in the event of a co-executor (one of two) taking ill during the administration of an estate and being unable to continue to act by reason of ill health, specifically where ...

Q: Is it legal for my parents to appoint me co-executor of their estate, along with my sister, without asking me first if I was OK with this, and keeping me as co-executor after I told them I do not ...

In this proceeding, the co-executor petitioner, at the behest of a title company, sought the removal of the remaining deceased co-executor and for Letters Testamentary to issue solely in petitioner's ...

Financial advisor Mark Faiz Sakkejha received a painful reminder in 2012 that a financial advisor cannot act as executor of a client’s estate. Faiz Sakkejha was fined $7,500 by the Mutual Fund Dealers ...