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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3965788" data-attributes="member: 3099">The executor has to be appointed by the judge. Everything that you state in your will has to be done by a probate court.  Your executor may refuse appointment, may be incompetent to oversee the estate or they may be disqualified for some reason that happens long after you made the will.Now with all that said, they usually will do EXACTLY what your will states if it can and the will conforms to state law. In Texas it's the same but done a bit different. The probate court is petitioned to admit the will to probate just like here, but they go through all the motions, verifying everything and everyone and the order will just say that the will is approved and admitted. At that point it's done and over with in Texas. The court admitting it to probate is the actual approval and final order of the court. Here in Oklahoma the court will issue an actual order stating everything in the will just as you have it written out and any differences that the court may order. Differences are rare but do happen.</blockquote>