Exam 8: Personal Representatives: Types, Pre-Probate Duties, and Appointment

MATCHING: -A list made by an executor or administrator of an estate that includes all estate assets that he/she has collected as well as all receipts and disbursements

Court judges are prohibited from being personal representatives.

MATCHING: -A personal representative appointed by the court when a previous personal representative begins but fails to complete administration

MATCHING: -A court order appointing an administrator of an estate when the decedent died intestate

The court may require the subscribing witnesses to testify in court to all of the following EXCEPT:

The personal representative will generally NOT need to file a bond if:

The attorney is likely to be called in to assist in sorting out a decedent's estate before the funeral arrangements are complete.

While in the process of administering the estate of his deceased brother, Larry, John also died, and his sister, Sue, having been appointed the new personal representative, is now the:

If a personal representative does not possess adequate skills to discover, collect, and preserve digital assets, he/she should hire someone who has the requisite knowledge.

MATCHING: -A court order admitting a will as valid and authorizing the executor named in the will to handle the administration of the decedent's estate

MATCHING: -A certificate in which an individual or corporation promises to pay the probate court a certain amount of money if the personal representative fails to faithfully perform the duties of administering the decedent's estate

Letters of Authority must be presented to have the decedent's mail forwarded to the personal representative.