# Can an executor of a will name someone else to be the executor after the will-maker dies?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 1, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-executor-of-a-will-name-someone-else-to-be-the-executor-after-the-will-maker-dies/552271 "2010-09-01T16:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-executor-of-a-will-name-someone-else-to-be-the-executor-after-the-will-maker-dies/552271/21 "2012-04-09T11:46:29Z")

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When my mother died, my brother was the executor because he’s the older. But he lives in another city, and there were logistic problems, so I was named the executor. No problem.

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