How do I determine who a deceased victims “Personal Representative” is?
In most cases, the identity of the “Personal Representative” will not be in dispute. Usually, a person’s Personal Representative is an individual appointed by a state court as the executor or administrator of a decedent’s will or estate. If no Personal Representative has been appointed by any court, and there is no legal dispute over who the Personal Representative should be, the Special Master may determine that the Personal Representative is the person named by the decedent in the decedent’s will as the executor or administrator. If no will exists, the Special Master may determine that the Personal Representative is the first person in the line of succession established by the laws of the decedent’s state.
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