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How Fiduciary Duty Applies To The Role Of Executor And Power Of Attorney

June 23, 2008 by Charles B. Wagner LL.B.  
Category: Executors and Trustees

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Common law places a special responsibility on someone who is in position of authority relied upon by vulnerable people. This type of duty is characterized as being a Fiduciary. One of the aspects of that special responsibility is that the person wielding it must conduct him/herself remembering that their first and primary mission must be [...]