What is the difference between an executor and a personal representative?
None. When the Uniform Probate Code (“UPC”) was adopted, the term personal representative was chosen to designate the person appointed by the court to handle your final business matters. This was meant to be a non gender term. Prior to the UPC, the term “executor” and “executrix” was the name given respectfully to the male or female person who was appointed under a will and likewise the term “administrator” or “administratix” was respectfully given to the male or female person who was appointed by the court to serve in an estate where the decedent did not leave a will.
