Who Does a Probate Attorney Represent: Executor or Heirs?

Also, these states want to maintain the executor’s ability to have protected communication with the attorney. Another small set of states, including California, New Mexico, and Illinois, apply a balancing test. This determines who was the actual intended beneficiary of the attorney-client relationship – the executor or the heirs.

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