A. It seems you’re trying to determine how the executor fee, also called the corpus commission, is set. In New Jersey, the fee is 5% of the first $200,000 of assets taken in by the executor, 3.5% of ...

A fiduciary’s failure to disclose material facts to beneficiaries may violate their fiduciary duties. A recent Texas court’s decision outlines the fiduciary’s risks that come with the obligation to ...

Q. My parents died five months apart. I am the executor. How is the executor fee calculated fairly? A double fee sounds too much even though it’s so much work. A ...

The executors of Jack Kent Cooke's estate deserve about $37 million in fees because managing the estate has been complicated and because they worked hard to get the best prices for his assets, an ...

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