Nominated vs. Appointed – An Analogy

by Boyd Johnson on November 19, 2008

As I indicated before, clients often have difficulty understanding the difference between being nominated the personal representative in the Will versus being appointed.

Here’s an analogy to explain the difference:

It is like the difference between a person being nominated by their political party to be president versus being elected president. Until you are elected, you aren’t president. In the same way, until you are appointed by the court, you aren’t the personal representative.

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