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3/13/2025 10:34:48 AM EDT
I'm trying to figure out if I can hire someone to be an executor of my estate.

I know most people make it a friend or family but I don't really have someone to put in charge of that.


~my mother has me as her POA and she is currently not able to care for herself and I have placed her in 24/7 care.
I'm going to get a life insurance policy on myself and I want to make it so that will fund her care if I am not around but I am not sure who would actually act on her/my behalf.
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3/13/2025 10:42:49 AM EDT
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3/13/2025 10:46:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SideCarGT][Edited] [#2]
Yes. You can hire an attorney to do it. Some banks that have personal banking services will do that and also act as trustee for trusts.

Eta - a good estate planning attorney should be able to refer you to a service provider.
3/13/2025 10:57:23 AM EDT
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Our estate planning attorney is signed to do it if we both croak
3/13/2025 1:14:34 PM EDT
[#4]
Thanks all.

I don't even have a will at the moment and I was at a loss for words to explain what my goal was when I met with the financial advisor on Tuesday to discuss the life insurance. Very eye opening moment into needing a professional to help me get this all figured out
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3/13/2025 3:01:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kobolowsky_Tires][Edited] [#5]
Lawyers.
Investigate if a living trust fits your needs better than a will with an executor. In many States, wills go through probate court which isn't simple. A trust avoids all that. It can also avoid "death taxes" where the State/feds take a percentage of the value as a tax.
3/13/2025 11:11:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By SideCarGT:
Yes. You can hire an attorney to do it. Some banks that have personal banking services will do that and also act as trustee for trusts.
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Given personal experience I would not use a bank as a trustee.  Or if you do, don't use Bank of America.  Everything in the trust was in BoA's high-load badly-performing funds and they pulled out trustee fees on top.  At the end of they day they got more than the beneficiaries did.
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