{"id":480,"date":"2012-05-14T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.atiqbd.com\/change-deceased-executor-last-will\/"},"modified":"2012-05-14T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:07:29","slug":"change-deceased-executor-last-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/change-deceased-executor-last-will","title":{"rendered":"How is the Executor of a Will Replaced if the Person Named is Now Deceased?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The procedures to replace an Executor in a Last Will and Testament are dependent on state and local rules, and on the procedures that govern the particular probate court in your area.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Most likely, a new executor would need to be nominated and a motion or application filed with the probate court to appoint such person.\u00a0 The motion or application would then be heard by the court, and beneficiaries and others with interest in the estate would, most likely be permitted to consent or object to the nomination (depending on the jurisdiction&#8217;s rules).<\/p>\n<p>If this process is too complicated to handle pro se, Standard Legal suggest you find a local attorney to help; you can <a title=\"Find a local attorney for FREE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/attorney-find.html\">find an attorney for FREE here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To easily create a new Will, see <a title=\"Standard Legal's Last Will and Testament legal forms software\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/last-will-testament-legal-forms-software\/\">Standard Legal&#8217;s Last Will and Testament legal forms software page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The procedures to replace an Executor in a Last Will and Testament are dependent on state and local rules, and on the procedures that govern the particular probate court in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-last-will-and-testament-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How is the Executor of a Will Replaced if the Person Named is Now Deceased? 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