Content Overview 
- Summary
- Why Do I Need To Appoint A Personal Representative?
- What Does A Personal Representative Do?
- Does A Personal Representative Get Paid?
- Whom Can I Legally Choose As A Personal Representative?
- Is The Person I Choose Required to Serve As Personal Representative?
- How To Choose A Personal Representative
- What If I Want To Change My Choice Of Personal Representative?
- Qualities To Look For In A Personal Representative
- Does My Personal Representative Have To Be An Attorney?
- Discussions To Have With Your Personal Representative
Personal Representative/Executor
What If I Want To Change My Choice Of Personal Representative?
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If you want to change your designated Personal Representative, you'll need to amend (change) your Will.
Be sure to have the amendment executed with the same formality as the Will was executed. To learn more, see Writing Your Will and How To Make Your Will Challenge Proof.
Make it clear in the amendment whether it overrides everything in the original Will or only a particular part of it -- and if so, which part. For more information on writing a will, see Writing Your Will.
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