An executor is the person who manages your affairs after you have passed away. They act as the conduit between your assets and getting those assets into the hands of your beneficiaries. When thinking about picking an executor, that person doesn’t have to have particular qualifications. Generally, the person should be someone you know and trust. So someone you know who will respect your wishes and carry them out. It is generally advisable to pick an executor of a certain age. If you are in your 30s hopefully you will live for another 50 to 60 years. In that case it might not make sense say appointing your parent as an executor, particular if that person was in the 70s or 80s.
So when picking an executor one of the items that need to be factored into is whether or not the executor is likely to be alive at the time of your death. If the executor passes away before you pass away, then, there is a system to deal with that, but it would be better to try and cater for this and select an executor that will survive you in the future.
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