If there is no surviving executor, but the client is still alive, it would be encouraged to have a new will or codicil executed, adding the name of another executor. If the client is deceased, then the court will be appointing someone else, possibly a relative or friend of the deceased client.
Gerry Wendrovsky, Esq.- Upper West Side EstateLawyerwww.upperwestsidelawyer.com
Answered on Mar 16th, 2012 at 12:57 PM