{"id":8109,"date":"2020-03-27T12:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T19:27:16","slug":"what-does-a-personal-representative-do-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/what-does-a-personal-representative-do-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does a Personal Representative Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

The first conversation is usually a panicked one. It\u2019s either a phone call or the person has scheduled an appointment to meet with me in person. The first sentence is almost always the same. \u201cMr. Erickson, I\u2019ve been named in the Will as a personal representative for my father\/mother\/sister\/brother or spouse\u2019s estate, and I have no idea what I need to do. Can you help me?\u201d When this happens, I am always happy to help.<\/p>\n

The first thing I do is sit down with this client and show them the probate diagram that I use with all clients during the first consultation. As I talk about the steps and process of a probate, I usually start by describing the main reasons that a personal representative is appointed. There are really only four.<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney The first conversation is usually a panicked one. It\u2019s either a phone call or the person has scheduled an appointment to meet with me in person. The first sentence is almost always the same. \u201cMr. Erickson, I\u2019ve been named in the Will as a personal representative for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Does a Personal Representative Do? — Idaho Law Blog — March 27, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney The first conversation is usually a panicked one. 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