Back in March of 2014, I wrote a lengthy post about how to Calculate an Executor’s Commissions in New Jersey. Frankly, most of the executors I work with don’t want a commission. However, I recently came across an interesting situation where an executor wanted a commission and the decedent had substantial joint survivorship accounts with […]
From time to time, people ask me how executor’s commissions and trustee’s commissions should be calculated. I have already written a post on calculating executor and administrator commissions, so this post will focus on Trustee commissions. New Jersey statutes on trustee commissions are very difficult to interpret because they use the term fiduciary to apply […]
From time to time, people ask me about trustee and executor commissions in New Jersey. Because it is a bit complex, I have broken it down into two posts and I will focus on administrator and executor commissions today. To start, a Will can specifically provide for an executor’s commission. In that absence of expressly authorizing a […]
I am frequently asked whether an attorney who is acting as an executor for an estate can receive both an executor’s commission and legal fees for representing the estate. Although this may sound like a conflict of interest, the short answer in New Jersey is yes, it is specifically allowed under New Jersey Statute 3B:18-6. […]
The issue of calculating PA Executor Fees (which apply to an executor, executrix, administrator or personal representative) in estate cases is interesting because there is in fact no hard and fast rule about how such fees are to be calculated. Therefore no sure way to know what you can expect to see in the accounting […]