A Last Will grants your Executor the ability to administer your Estate
Your
Executor (
Fiduciary) should be able and willing, first and foremost.
Your Executor should also be honest and diplomatic.
Be aware of the Executor Duties that will be undertaken
Choose your Executor with extreme care
As an Executor, please be aware that
You can be held personally liable for unpaid taxes
You should be careful of the advice you receive and what you hear
You should ensure that the Income Tax returns were filed in your Estate
With all of the recent talk of the Estate Tax, the Income Tax side is as vital
A Will does not control or dispose of assets that have
Assets with
John B. Whalen, Jr., J.D., LL.M. is an
AV Peer Review Attorney and Counselor at Law and a member of the
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has had his legal articles published on the Martindale.Com website and his law blogs published on the Lawyers.Com website.
John concentrates his legal practice solely in the areas of
Estate Law,
Estate Planning,
Estate Administration,
Executor Representation,
Probate, Ancillary Probate,
Last Wills, Decedents Estates,
Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives, Trust Law,
Living Wills,
Fiduciary Law,
Inheritance,
Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Trust Administration, Cemetery Law, Tax Law, Estates Taxation, and
Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples.
John serves, and has served, individuals and attorneys in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Metropolitan Area (and throughout the country), including Chester County Pa, Delaware County Pa, Lancaster County Pa, Montgomery County Pa, and Philadelphia County Pa.
John has served clients in Ambler Pa, in Ardmore Pa, in Aston Pa, in Berwyn Pa, in Blue Bell Pa, in Bridgeport Pa, in Broomall Pa, in Bryn Mawr Pa, in Chadds Ford Pa, in Chesterbrook Pa, in Chester Heights Pa, in Chester Springs Pa, in Coatesville Pa, in Collegeville Pa, in Conshohocken Pa, in Devon Pa, in Downingtown Pa, in Drexel Hill Pa, in Eagleville Pa, in Easttown Pa, in Elkins Park Pa, in Exton Pa, in Frazer Pa, in Great Valley Pa, in Haverford Pa, in Havertown Pa, in Jeffersonville Pa, in Kennett Square Pa, in King of Prussia Pa, in Lansdale Pa, in Limerick Pa, in Linfield Pa, in Linwood Pa, in Lower Merion Pa, in Malvern Pa, in Media Pa, in Narberth Pa, in Newtown Square Pa, in Norristown Pa, in Oaks Pa, in Overbrook Pa, in Paoli Pa, in Parkesburg Pa, in Phoenixville Pa, in Plymouth Meeting Pa, in Pottstown Pa, in Radnor Pa, in Ridley Park Pa, in Rosemont Pa, in St. Davids Pa, in Springfield Pa, in Strafford Pa, in Swarthmore Pa, in Thorndale Pa, in Tredyffrin Pa, in Trooper Pa, in Upper Merion Pa, in Valley Forge Pa, in Villanova Pa, in Wayne Pa, in West Chester Pa, in Westtown Pa, in Whitemarsh Pa, in Willistown Pa, in Wynnewood Pa, and in Yeadon Pa.