Can I still be a co-executor of my parents will if I owe them money?

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Can I still be a co-executor of my parents will if I owe them money?

My parents gave me $20,000 out of their estate not to be paid back unless there is no money in there estate when they die. Then I have to give my siblings part of the $20,000. Now they are

saying that I can’t be co-executor.

Asked on August 9, 2016 under Estate Planning, Ohio

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

Who is the "they" who are saying you cannot be co-executor? If your parents are still alive, they can change their will to no longer make you executor or co-executor--it is their choice. But your siblings have no say in the matter: if your parents made you co-executor, then the court will enforce that provision of their will and make you the co-executor. Only the people making the will can say who will be executor.


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