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When you die, the property you leave behind is known as your estate. To wind up your affairs and distribute this property, the court must appoint a personal representative to handle these tasks. Typically, the representative is a trusted person you nominate in your will as executor or who the probate court appoints, if you died without a will.
Qualifying as Personal Representative
The laws of each state vary somewhat, but generally, the court will not appoint a convicted felon as an estate's personal representative, such as in Indiana and Florida. In other states, such as Missouri and Washington, if a personal representative is convicted of a felony after the court has appointed him as a personal representative, the court will remove him from this position. In contrast, some states, such as Nevada and Oregon, permit a convicted felon to serve as the personal representative, if the probate court determines that the conviction does not warrant disqualification. The court makes such decisions on a case-by-case basis.
Qualifying as Personal Representative
The laws of each state vary somewhat, but generally, the court will not appoint a convicted felon as an estate's personal representative, such as in Indiana and Florida. In other states, such as Missouri and Washington, if a personal representative is convicted of a felony after the court has appointed him as a personal representative, the court will remove him from this position. In contrast, some states, such as Nevada and Oregon, permit a convicted felon to serve as the personal representative, if the probate court determines that the conviction does not warrant disqualification. The court makes such decisions on a case-by-case basis.
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