Fiduciaries in Estate Planning
If you are considering putting your estate plan together you may want a little background as to what role fiduciaries play. Different documents do different things and you may be asked about who you will name as your successor trustee, executor, or agent for health care. Each role has unique responsibilities so here I will provide a brief summary: Executor An executor is a person named in your Will to steer your assets through probate court and ultimately distribute those as