Legal-Ease: Do I really want to be the executor for my parents?

Legal-Ease: Do I really want to be the executor for my parents?

A lot of clients who I meet with want to ask their children if they are willing to be the executor for their estate (should they need an executor). Rarely does a client who asks their child if they are willing to act as executor come back and tell me a child refuses to be the executor. However, when a parent asks you if you will be their executor, what are they asking of you? The executor (or administrator, if there is no will) of the deceased p…