We are long overdue new wills, so quick question, how old are your executors

[FinallyFluid]

Please and thank you.

I'm 35 - executors is 42, back up person is 41.

Planning on changing to eldest child now she’s an adult. We are 59 and 46. It’s currently each other or a 64 year-old relative. Not a sustainable situation as she could well die ahead of us.

23 and 26, I'm in my thirties.

Each other, then 70 year old relative and solicitor, then just the solicitors.

I'm in my 50s. Executors are too.

Over 18 - that was the most important bit.

Executor is in his thirties. DH and I are older.

We made our adult DC (30s and 20s) our executors during the first lock down. Previously it was my brother, my sister and a solicitor.

We are 49 and 52. One executor is my dad 74, the other my sister 46. He has said he will leave it to her - she’s fine with that.

Good question. We need to update our wills and my dad is currently the executor henis late 70's.....but I don't know who else I would ask and my kids aren't yet old enough.

42/43, our older siblings. DD is only 9 but we'll change one to her when she's 21 (my sibling lives abroad so more tricky)

@Mumdiva99

Good question. We need to update our wills and my dad is currently the executor henis late 70's.....but I don't know who else I would ask and my kids aren't yet old enough.

Can you use solicitors?

I'm pretty sure executor no.2 is just a reserve, (having been involved in a few wills in the last few years) so I wouldn't assume that they can step in if executor no.1 is still alive.

(Sorry that was in response to Miimblemomble's post)

PP executors can choose to step aside if they don't want to do it or have a conflict of interest.

They're our siblings, in their 40's and 50's.

Our executors are a friend and DSIL so both in their 30's.

40 and 32.

Spouse then kids are executors - so in their 20s/early 30s.

The solicitors that drew up our will are our executors. They were executors for my mum’s will and they sorted everything including the conveyancing in the house. If something happened to DH and I suddenly, I would rather the focus be on the DC not trying to sort out finances.

Our grown up children are our executors and they also hold Power of Attorney for us.

Younger than me and I am in my fifties.

I'm pretty sure executor no.2 is just a reserve

My understanding is that executors act jointly unless they decide (jointly) that only one will act (the others are still named on probate form and have to sign to rescind the role, from what I remember ).

My DB and I were joint for mum and given he has always been difficult, there was no way I was being sole executor (even though I did all the work) for him to then accuse me of wrongdoing down the line. We were both named for probate and signed for it together (I took a day trip to his nearest office).

We did have my DB and DH sister, but I wanted to remove my DB for a number of years. We held on until eldest was almost 18, then we re-wrote the wills after a massive fall out with DB.

Named SIL still, plus both kids as soon as they reached 18. We may take SIL off in future, but in reality the kids would likely do it together.

Should have added, we late fifties, SIL is 54, kids are 23 and almost 21.

Thank you for all the responses.

I am 57 and DH is 64, DS is an only.

All the people I would automatically ask are in Ireland and we are in the UK, I was going to ask my cousin who lives in Middlesex if his eldest daughter would be up for it, then I asked him how old his executors were by age I reckon one of them, by his answer was his really sensible daughter. So I don't think she will want that job twice.

Off to have a think.

You can use solicitors. It costs money, but executors do have the right to charge reasonable expenses to the estate anyway.