# Do I need a lawyer to remove the backup executor from my will? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240 "2023-08-08T10:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240/21 "2023-08-08T22:39:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I just finished being an executor for two estates, and was trying to make a funny. \< sad face \> Sorry. I considered that possibility but ultimately decided against that interpretation. Then tried my own funny to maybe bridge the gap between me being whooshed and you being annoyed at me suggesting you didn’t know or catch the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240/22 "2023-08-10T22:17:33Z")
Just for the record, in Quebec (don’t know about the rest of Canada) a notary is a kind of minor league lawyer. More than a paralegal, less than a lawyer. They specialize in real estate transactions and wills. A will drawn up by a notary is registered with the college of notaries and when you go it is automatically applied unless there is a later will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240.md?page=1)