You do not have to make a relative the executor. If you have an estate planner they could make a recommendation. It can be anyone. You can name co-executors( as many as you want) — you can even assign a task to each co-executor. Read up on it.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 17, 2024, at 22:51, brad <b...@techtimetraveller.com> wrote: I am dreading the whole executor business again. When I was young I had my Dad, but he passed a year ago, so I have to change that. I have seen first hand now what the job entails and I'm not really sure my children are up to it - it is a major undertaking. Almost all of my family lives 3000km away too so there's not a ton of younger than me options. I don't think my wife wants or can handle that duty either. Brad Sent from my Galaxy -------- Original message -------- From: Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 2024-07-17 10:27 p.m. (GMT-08:00) To: j...@flippers.com, "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Estate Planning was: Re: Auction houses vs ebay What if you outlive your “executioners” ? You need to have someone a good deal younger than you to be your executor. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2024, at 16:24, John Robertson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On 2024/07/17 11:26 a.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> Having just updated my Advance Directives document before going under >> the knife and saw, I thought a bit about the subject of estate planning. >> >> My Lovely Wife, were she to become a Lovely Widow has enough trouble >> dealing with day-to-day tasks. There's no way that she would want to >> deal with the minutiae of getting rid of the old junk I have. Since >> I'll be long past the "caring" stage, I've informed her that it's >> perfectly acceptable to my memory to have a cleaning service come in and >> dispose of the stuff by carting it off to a recycler. >> >> It will simplify her life dramatically. >> >> Sorry, but that's what will work for her. She will not deal well with >> strangers coming into her house, ransacking the place for a bunch of old >> computer gear and musical instruments. >> >> --Chuck >> > Hi Chuck, > > Having had a quad bypass (I'm good!) a few years back I've thought about this > a bit too. > > My intention is to have friends act as executioners of my stuff as they too > are collectors. > > I do believe if they get money for the stuff it will help my wife out in the > future after they cover expenses and their time...the idea is they would > simply take everything my wife doesn't want away and deal with the disposal > for her and then make some restitution to her. > > These are honourable folks...and my wife knows them. > > John :-#)# >
