tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post5731465977543002305..comments2024-03-28T12:41:21.857-07:00Comments on Estate Law Canada: Arriving at a co-executor's feeLynne Butler, BA LLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-64793411314506623732017-06-16T04:21:51.143-07:002017-06-16T04:21:51.143-07:00Hello again Lynne,
I'd like to ask a few follo...Hello again Lynne,<br />I'd like to ask a few follow up questions.<br />At this point, it looks like my father's will cannot be processed until either the lawyer or myself passes away. This make take up to thirty years but probably not more than that considering our ages involved. Unfortunately this is the only practical option left.<br />If he passes first I will need to get written Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-55315347896223526352017-05-03T12:48:33.613-07:002017-05-03T12:48:33.613-07:00"Just give him a call and ask if he'd be ..."Just give him a call and ask if he'd be willing to renounce his role as executor (or write a letter, if you prefer)."<br />...<br />Thank you for your advice.<br />I took it and finally did write a letter and gave my contact info. He simply refused to answer. It's what I feared, he didn't put his name in to "help" me, it was a Trojan Horse. If I don't go Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-12760464538984677222016-08-25T18:03:59.479-07:002016-08-25T18:03:59.479-07:00Hi Lynne,
I am coexecutor of my father's will ...Hi Lynne,<br />I am coexecutor of my father's will with my sister. I took on the expenses including storage costs, misc. costs, etc. I rented a storage unit to house contents of my Dad's apartment and also continued to pay for a storage unit already in Dad's possession upon his passing (Mum passed away a year earlier)until could get things sorted out and the snow left. My sister has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-52797765838132873492016-02-05T09:01:46.271-08:002016-02-05T09:01:46.271-08:00Thanks Max, and yes I would very much like to hear...Thanks Max, and yes I would very much like to hear about the result.<br /><br />LynneLynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-46210327836683737372016-02-04T09:21:56.889-08:002016-02-04T09:21:56.889-08:00Thank you Lynne, for your incredibly prompt reply....Thank you Lynne, for your incredibly prompt reply. I just read the post "Executor's fees, lawyer's fees or both?"<br />I am in Canada, as you are.<br />Yes, I must respect my father's wishes. I would think keeping the lawyer and paying a percentage fee in the lower range there on the other post as suggested would be reasonable and be in line with my father's wishes. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-10983497658610604172016-02-04T05:28:27.600-08:002016-02-04T05:28:27.600-08:00Why on earth would the lawyer extort you? That see...Why on earth would the lawyer extort you? That seems to be a huge over-reaction to the situation. Your father probably added him as a co-executor to make sure you had help if you needed it, or to make sure that if you couldn't do it, someone else was in place. <br /><br />If you don't need his help, ask him to renounce. Most likely he'll be more than happy to do that.<br /><br />I Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-62992146719142449102016-02-03T23:58:47.663-08:002016-02-03T23:58:47.663-08:00Hi Lynne,
My father just passed away and I am stil...Hi Lynne,<br />My father just passed away and I am still grieving. I never looked closely at the will (copy) which I have had in my possession for 15 years. To my surprise I noticed for the first time that even though I am named the sole beneficiary, my father named the lawyer who drew up the will as a co-executor!! IE "I appoint X and Y ..to be the executors"! I had just never read Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947438473912461120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-92071543831470648262015-11-09T07:41:12.784-08:002015-11-09T07:41:12.784-08:00Lynne,
Thanks ever so much for your incredibly pr...Lynne,<br /><br />Thanks ever so much for your incredibly prompt reply. Your comments are well taken and truthfully I have considered similar options myself over the past few months. The lack of assistance has been discussed with only poor excuses and broken promises of help in return.<br /><br />This has been a painful and emotional struggle on so many levels over and beyond what it would have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599570135290136149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-32954821893754540682015-11-09T05:17:37.636-08:002015-11-09T05:17:37.636-08:00Hi Rob,
A lot of adult children begin work on the ...Hi Rob,<br />A lot of adult children begin work on the estate with the intention of completing it without compensation, only to find the job so problematic that they change their minds. <br /><br />I assume you've discussed this with the co-executor, since you mention the broken promises, and that he is not responding to reasonable requests for cooperation.<br /><br />There is nothing Lynne Butler, BA LLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790353197833765108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-436024129575354145.post-28982329266244155622015-11-08T14:37:52.107-08:002015-11-08T14:37:52.107-08:00Hello Lynne,
First of all I wish to extend my tha...Hello Lynne,<br /><br />First of all I wish to extend my thanks to you for this and your other articles. They have proven very helpful. I am in a frustrating position as co-executor of my mother's estate (with my brother-in-law). The issue is a glaring disparity between the amount of physical work and time invested between he and I. The estate has only two named beneficiares, my sister and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599570135290136149noreply@blogger.com