Personal Representative

 Personal representatives are fiduciaries charged with administering a decedents estate, but this must occur within the confines of the law. Before assets can be distributed to heirs, all allowable creditors must be addressed and/or paid. The first step is to notify all known creditors directly and publish a notice to all possible unknown creditors. Later, what are a personal representatives duties to both the estate and the creditors?

 Your supervising attorney, Millard Smart, has asked you to draft a letter on his behalf to Joan Blake, a client recently appointed as a personal representative. The letter should outline Joan’s fiduciary duties to creditors of the estate. Use Texas statutes to assist with the preparation of the letter.

Click to download the Letter template.