The Mistake I Made In The First Few Days

The demanding beneficiary is the most frustrating type of beneficiary an executor has to handle. A demanding beneficiary will abuse their rights as a beneficiary for the purpose of demanding more property than they are entitled to. As executor, I had to handle a demanding beneficiary which started with a wish list for personal possessions soon after the funeral.

In the article The Mistake I Made in the First Few Days, I had mentioned that a beneficiary and others went to the second floor bedrooms looking at possessions of the decedent. I knew then that I made a huge mistake having the reception at the decedent’s home, but I had no clue of the eventual consequence. About a week after the funeral the consequence was revealed. I was about to send an email to the attorney when I noticed an email sitting in my inbox. The email was from the same beneficiary touring the bedrooms looking over the possessions. In the email, the beneficiary asked for all the gifts given to my Uncle over seventeen years plus a few other items from the home. I realized then that this beneficiary was taking inventory the day of the funeral and could become a problem. …show more content…
So, I decided to consider the email a wish list for the possessions. This meant that the beneficiary won’t get everything on the list and will have to settle for maybe a couple of items. One thing in my favor with this issue is that there was nothing in the will directing me on how to distribute the possessions, so I handled this dilemma in the following