Executors of woman's will liable to pay son $87k

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A district judge has held that two women, who became co-executrices of a dying woman's will in 2003 to fulfil her wishes, are liable to pay about $87,000 from the estate to her now-adult son. One of the duo was also the guardian of the son after his mother died in 2003, a first such reported case of a guardian-cum-executor being taken to court by the ward, now aged 29.

The court, in judgment grounds earlier this month, said both women failed in their duties as joint executrices and trustees of the estate of the plaintiff's mother.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 29, 2020, with the headline Executors of woman's will liable to pay son $87k. Subscribe