estate executor

An estate executor is the person legally appointed to carry out the wishes expressed in someone's will after their death.

The executor handles practical matters like paying debts, filing taxes, distributing assets to beneficiaries, and closing accounts.

Courts formally appoint executors, who then have fiduciary responsibility to act in the estate's best interest.

My sister served as estate executor when our father died.

The term is sometimes shortened to simply executor when the context is clear.