Wills & Family
Who should I choose as executor if I don’t trust my family?
Not everyone has a relative they would trust to handle their estate. Here is how to think about other options, from friends to professional executors.
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WillHarbour is an introduction service. If you ask us to, we share your enquiry with up to three firms, such as solicitors or will-writing companies, that may be able to help with Wills, probate, trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney or estate planning in England and Wales. These firms pay us a fee for each introduction. We email you the names of the firms we have shared your enquiry with, and you can ask us to stop passing it on at any time.
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