Empowering Personal Representatives’ Statutory Duties in Administration of Deceased’s Estates

Abstract

In Malaysia, law requires for the appointment of personal representatives before the deceased estates can be distributed. There are numbers of statutory duties and power of personal representatives related to deceased estates. However, anecdotal evidence showed personal representative are not in the know on what should be done once appointed. This article aims to discuss the basic duties of personal representatives. The discussion adopts the doctrinal content analysis method. This paper concludes that the express provision pertaining to the basic roles and duties of personal representatives in Malaysia is not clear which can contribute to problems in managing deceased estates.