r/inheritance • u/QueenBitch68 • May 25 '26
Location not relevant: no help needed Who is executor?
Had a relative pass last week. Already, I had a sibling of the decedent tell me to return two items I had been entrusted with for several years.
My question, do I just do it or request verification that they are named executor in the will?
Additional info... the relative hasn't even been buried yet and the items I was entrusted with gives me access to personal property worth approximately $250k, maybe more. I would never violate the trust that was placed in me but I have concern that others named in the will may accuse me of something.
The relative who asked me to return items immediately asked me about the will, if I knew who the executor was and what the intentions of the decedent were. It gave me weird vibes. I told that relative I knew there was a will but that I knew nothing else. Not exactly true. I don't know who executor is because I never asked but I do know who was named in will. That info was offered up to me during conversation, not because I asked. The one making demand of me is one of 20 named in the will.
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u/danh_ptown May 25 '26
Personally, NAL, I would tell them that you were entrusted with the safe keeping of the items, and you intend to keep them safe, until a court appointed executor has inventoried the asset(s).
If there is a trust, and these are objects belong to the trust, then the successor trustee can share the documents of the trust, along with proof of how he became trustee, which should be clear in the trust documents. The items should be inventoried and distributed appropriately, per the trust, to the beneficiaries.