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What is the difference between an Attorney-in-Fact and an executor?

April 26, 2017attorney-in-fact difference executor

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What is the difference between an Attorney-in-Fact and an executor?

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An Executor, sometimes referred to as a “personal representative,” is the person who takes care of another’s estate after that person dies. An Attorney-in-Fact can only take care of a person’s affairs while they are alive. An executor is named in a person’s will and can only be appointed after a court proceeding called “probate.