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For the Last Will and Testament in NY, can the Personal Representative and the beneficiary be the same person?

For the Last Will and Testament in NY, can the Personal Representative and the beneficiary be the same person?

Sure, it happens all the time. A wife can be a personal representative for her husband, a husband can be personal representative for his wife, a daughter can be personal representative for her mother, etc.

Where you get into problems are in will contests where a decedent has named a stranger or caregiver to be both a personal representative and a major recipient of a legacy from the estate. That is setting yourself up for expensive will contest litigation.

yes. they often are

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