A. It seems you’re trying to determine how the executor fee, also called the corpus commission, is set. In New Jersey, the fee is 5% of the first $200,000 of assets taken in by the executor, 3.5% of ...

When someone dies, the executor, whose job is to probate the decedent's estate, is entitled to a fee for his or her services. The question is, How much? The answer depends on where the decedent's ...

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Q. New Jersey statute has a schedule of reasonable fees for services provided by the executor of an estate based on the value of the probate estate. If the only probate asset of value is a house and ...

It’s hard to find good help, especially when you’re dead. Choosing an estate’s executor, the person who carries out the terms of a will, is a fraught decision, and whether you tap a friend, family ...

But the result is the executor coming to that same law firm after the will maker has died because the original will is ...

Financial advisor Mark Faiz Sakkejha received a painful reminder in 2012 that a financial advisor cannot act as executor of a client’s estate. Faiz Sakkejha was fined $7,500 by the Mutual Fund Dealers ...

Far too many of us put off finalizing estate documents because we get hung-up on one or more decisions where we believe we have less than optimal choices. Over my next few posts, I will provide my ...

Kevin J.H. Dettmar’s excellent “Writers Who Price Themselves Out of the Canon” (The Chronicle Review, August 4) deserves to be supplemented with some details that confirm his argument while clarifying ...

A good friend of mine died last month, and I have just discovered that he appointed me to be his executor. Now, I haven't the faintest idea what I'm supposed to do. I'm not an attorney, and I don't ...