The Financial Times

Can I stop my niece removing me as executor of her mother’s will?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My niece is trying to remove me as an executor of her mother’s will. I take my duties as an executor very ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Do executors have to pay outstanding fees and debts to settle an estate?

Dear Liz: Our dad is 93 and has a reverse mortgage on his house, where he lived until recently with my brother and my brother’s friend. In August, we had to move Dad into assisted living. Shortly ...
Which

Executors left out in the cold by banks

Holly covers personal finance topics from credit cards to wills. She enjoys turning complex money matters into clear, practical advice. Whether it’s totting up tax bills or dealing with disputes over ...
Los Angeles Times

Do executors have to pay outstanding fees and debts to settle an estate?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A reverse mortgage on a home with substantial repair costs and an unwanted squatter complicates estate settlement ...
WealthManagement.com

Surviving Spouse Held To Be a De Facto Executor

In U.S. v Estate of Whittemore (U.S. District for Massachusetts, Dec. 16, 2025), the decedent’s income tax liabilities and wife survived him. John Whittemore and his wife, Carlene, had filed joint ...
Mediaite

Trump Confronted to His Face Over Nobel Yoink: ‘Why Would You Want Somebody Else’s Nobel Prize?’

A reporter confronted President Donald Trump Friday afternoon over his acceptance of a gift award that he did not win, asking “Why would you want somebody else’s Nobel Prize?” Machado and Trump closed ...
Mediaite

Trump Tells Hannity He Will Happily Yoink Nobel Peace Prize From Winner If She Offers

President Donald Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would be honored to yoink the Nobel Peace Prize if this year’s winner were to offer it up — seconds after declaring, “This country is ...
Washington Monthly

Save Humphrey’s Executor. Save the Supreme Court (Sort Of)

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The New York Times

Rotating Cast of Wall Street Figures Were Listed as Executors of Epstein’s Will

Copies of Jeffrey Epstein’s last will and testament show that the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier provide a real-time glimpse of the power players who were part of his life. By David ...
MarketWatch

‘He’s executor of his dad’s estate’: Should my son use his late father’s bank account to pay for funeral expenses?

My 27-year-old son has a dilemma. He’s the executor of his dad’s estate. (There’s no trust in place, but there is a will.) At this point, the estate has less than $100,000, if that matters. Is it ...
Los Angeles Times

What do I have to do as an executor of a living trust?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Your brother made you a successor trustee of their living trust—not an executor—and you’re not obligated to accept ...