Colorado Informal Appointment of Special Administrator

It is the executor's or the administrator's responsibility to collect and distribute the assets and to pay any death taxes and expenses of the decedent.

The difference between executor and administrator of estate in comes down to how the person came to be in charge of the estate. Someone who is appointed through the will of the person who died is called executor. Someone who is appointed because of any other reason is called administrator.

An administrator is an individual appointed to dispose of the assets of the estate, manage any creditors, and pay fees out of the estate for any required attorneys, appraisers or accountants.

Going into administration is when a company becomes insolvent and is put under the management of Licensed Insolvency Practitioners. The directors and the secured lenders can appoint administrators through a court process in order to protect the company and their position as much as possible.

An executor (male) or executrix (female) is the person named in a will to perform these duties. An administrator (male) or administratrix (female) is the person appointed by the probate court to complete these tasks when there is no will or no executor or executrix has been named in the will.

Under California law, an executor or administrator of the estate can receive compensation for working on the estate.If an estate is valued at under $100,000, the executor may be paid an amount that is four percent of the value.

When a company enters administration the control of the company is passed to the appointed administrator (who must be a licensed insolvency practitioner). The administrator's primary goal is to leverage the company's assets to repay creditors as quickly and as fully as possible without preference.

CO-ADMINISTRATOR. One of several administrators. In general, they have, like executors, the power to act singly to the personal estate of the intestate.