Utah Co-Personal Representatives: How Is the Fee Split?

Quick answer: No, Utah co-personal representatives don't automatically each collect their own full compensation with a combined total that grows by headcount. Utah Code § 75-3-718 contains no separate provision for multiple personal representatives — the same "reasonable compensation" standard governs, and the value of each co-personal representative's actual services determines what they're individually owed. Estimate the underlying reasonable range first with the Utah executor fee calculator.

No statutory split, because there's no statutory schedule to split

The unopposed-petition shortcut likely applies per person

Excessive-compensation review likely works the same way

Each co-personal representative's work is assessed on its own

Because reasonableness under § 75-3-718 turns on the quality, quantity, and value of services rendered, a court dividing compensation among co-personal representatives (in a contested case) would naturally look at what each person individually contributed — not an automatic even split, and not a separate full fee multiplied by however many people are serving.

Real coordination costs, same as anywhere

Co-personal representatives in Utah share fiduciary duties, and disagreements about pace, priorities, or how to divide tasks can slow administration or invite disputes — a practical consideration independent of how compensation eventually gets assessed.

Worked example

Two siblings serve as co-personal representatives of a Utah estate. One handles the bulk of the administrative work; the other contributes occasionally. A sole personal representative doing all the work might reasonably bill 40 hours at $40/hr, or $1,600.

Each figure reflects that person's own reasonable compensation for their own time, combining to roughly the same total a sole personal representative's full administration would have reasonably cost.

Utah co-personal representatives — frequently asked questions