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When friendship and fiduciary duty create conflicting loyalties

My best friend asked me to be the executor of her will and I said yes because I love her, but now that I'm really thinking about what it means, I'm scared I'm not the right person for this. She has a complicated family situation and significant assets, and I don't know if our friendship can handle me having to make decisions her relatives might hate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being chosen as an executor can transform a friendship by introducing legal obligations that may conflict with emotional bonds.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Wills trusts and inheritance structures?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.