In Pennsylvania, an executor is the person named in the will to handle the administration of an estate. There can be joint executors for an estate. Co-executors must act together for the benefit of the estate. They cannot act to serve their own ...

TV shows often portray a lawyer reading the last will and testament to the assembled family. In real life, you usually have to track down a copy of the will yourself. It is easier to get a copy of a will once the maker is dead. You can only see the ...

Everyone should have a will, even young people and those with few assets. Without a will, the courts will distribute your property, and those decisions may not be what you would have wished. Changes that occur during your life -- marriage, divorce, ...