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skippy2009 Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) Sorry, for the confusion, we have 2 son's, Australian citizens, married to Australians, we live in the UK, have a will, however, needs updating, decided we don't want a "traditional" funeral just a direct cremation , how practical is to appoint our son's as executors (although I think they are), as they are in Australia. Trying to avoid the extortionate fees lawyers charge as executors, I understand there will be fees which is fine, rather not involve family/friends if possible. Any members find themselves in a similar position? Many thanks in advance for advice/comments. Edited June 3, 2020 by skippy2009 grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, skippy2009 said: Sorry, for the confusion, we have 2 son's, Australian citizens, married to Australians, we live in the UK, have a will, however, needs updating, decided we don't want a "traditional" funeral just a direct cremation , how practical is to appoint our son's as executors (although I think they are), as they are in Australia. Trying to avoid the extortionate fees lawyers charge as executors, I understand there will be fees which is fine, rather not involve family/friends if possible. Any members find themselves in a similar position? Many thanks in advance for advice/comments. I’ve recently updated my will and my children, who live in Australia, are executors. It doesn’t matter where they live, they just have to administer your estate in accordance to your wishes when that time comes. They would probably have to visit the U.K. to sort out things such as bank accounts etc but that’s no big deal. I expect they’d need to do that to tidy up lose ends anyway. Go for it. Edited June 3, 2020 by Tulip1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) I’m POA for my dad and executor of his will. The POA thing is tedious given the speed of post at the moment and I will deal with the executor thing when it happens but I’m hoping there won’t be any problems. I was in UK when I had to deal with mums will but there was a very good, relatively ok priced online service which helped me with probate. Edited June 3, 2020 by Quoll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy2009 Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 Many Thanks for your helpful advice, Tulip 1 and Quoll, it's quite daunting, however, it has to be done, our will is 11 years old, at the time only ES was living in Australia. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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