court<\/a> appearances, filings, and court procedures time-consuming and difficult to understand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nIs The Personal Representative Compensated?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Yes. The personal representative (Executor if there is a will or the Administrator if no will exists) may be compensated in an amount equivalent to the statutory fee in Probate Code Section 10810.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why Do Some Personal Representatives Waive Their Fee?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s up to the personal representative to decide whether to waive or collect their statutory fee. Some personal representatives are the sole beneficiary and would prefer to waive their statutory fee to receive more non-taxable income. Other personal representatives initially elect to waive their fee to enlarge the estate for beneficiaries, but later reconsider in light of the considerable work expended in probate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Free Consultation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you have been named as the Executor in a will, or if your loved one passed away without a will, call our probate attorney at (916) 299-9913<\/strong> for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Affordable Sacramento Probate Attorney Jin KimFree Consultation(916) 299-9913 The last thing you want to deal with after the loss of a loved one is California’s complicated probate process. After all, that process will require you to file a petition in probate court, obtain orders, notify creditors, marshal assets, pay debts, file tax returns, distribute property, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3591,"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2580\/revisions\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacramentolawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}