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Scenario

When the most responsible child is not the right choice for executor

I made my oldest daughter the executor of my will because she is responsible but she lives across the country and barely speaks to her siblings and I am starting to think competence matters less than family harmony.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The qualities that make someone effective at managing practical affairs are often different from the qualities needed to hold families together through grief.

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