The article outlines the importance of choosing an executor and some of the factors to consider when making that decision:
Stephen Hsia, a Vancouver lawyer specializing in estate planning with Miller Thomson LLP, has a “three T” rule for executor selection: “The ideal executor should be someone you trust, who has the time to do the job, and who is in the territory.”
[… He] stresses that would-be executors should be asked first if they are willing to be executors (many are surprisedly appointed without being asked) and there should be an alternate executor in case the first person named is unable or unwilling to act.
