E217 Executor Dies During Probate

<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="aimhh" data-offset-key="9l8av-0-0"> <p class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9l8av-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9l8av-0-0">What happens if the executor dies during probate? It depends on how far along you are in the probate process.</span></p> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6ggs4-0-0"> <h2><span data-offset-key="8lul7-0-0">Probate Court Process</span> <span class="qualifier"><span data-offset-key= "8lul7-1-0">Just</span></span> <span data-offset-key= "8lul7-2-0">Started</span></h2> </div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4d7n-0-0"><span class= "hardreadability"><span data-offset-key="cqfoc-0-0">If no one has been</span></span> <span class="adverb"><span data-offset-key= "cqfoc-1-0">officially</span></span> <span class= "hardreadability"><span data-offset-key="cqfoc-2-0">appointed yet, you either restart the court process or amend your original papers</span></span><span data-offset-key= "cqfoc-3-0">.</span></div> <div data-offset-key="5j38h-0-0"><img class= "aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9994" src= "https://anthonyspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Probate-court-process-just-started-300x200.jpg" alt="Probate court process just started" width="300" height= "200" /></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5j38h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5j38h-0-0">For example, Matt’s dad died and his mom hired a lawyer to start probate to appoint her as executor. But before it</span> <span class="passivevoice"><span data-offset-key="5j38h-1-0">was finalized</span></span><span data-offset-key="5j38h-2-0">, she passed away. The court allowed Matt to amend his mom’s papers to name him as executor instead. This saved Matt a couple of weeks in the process, rather than starting over from scratch.</span></div> <div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-Dra