Why are executors necessary?
by David M. Israel

Someone needs to be appointed to act on the testator’s behalf after his death; someone that can make informed decisions and sign documents necessary to give effect to the terms of the testator’s will. It is perfectly satisfactory to have only one executor in charge of distributing the testator’s estate.  It may be better, however, to name two executors in case one executor dies before the testator does or becomes incapable of acting as an executor.

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