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Executor named but no signed Will

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liveoak

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

The state is Virginia.

What happens if the father names one of his children as executor but passes away before he has completed and signed his Will stating how his estate (other than real estate) will be divided amoung his children? Does the executor have free reign to decide who gets what?

Can the executor be a nonresident of the state of Virginia?

If not, is it possible for a local,Va. resident, person ( a lawyer for example) be named a co-executor and the nonresident ( another child) be the other co-executor?
 
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Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

The state is Virginia.

What happens if the father names one of his children as executor but passes away before he has completed and signed his Will stating how his estate (other than real estate) will be divided amoung his children? Does the executor have free reign to decide who gets what?

Can the executor be a nonresident of the state of Virginia?

If not, is it possible for a local,Va. resident, person ( a lawyer for example) be named a co-executor and the nonresident ( another child) be the other co-executor?
As I said in your other thread that asked the same question, if the document is not signed, it is not a will.
 

xylene

Senior Member
Without a will, he could have named whoe ever he wants as whatever he wants.

The reality is that the estate will be subject to the laws governing intestacy.
 

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