Art. 3352.More Than One Succession Representative

A succession can have more than one representative serving together, whether as co-executors or co-administrators. Without a rule addressing that situation, each could claim a full commission under Article 3351, multiplying what the estate pays for administration without necessarily multiplying the value delivered. Article 3352 heads that off directly: when there is more than one succession representative, the compensation Article 3351 provides is apportioned among them as the court directs.

The article does not supply a fixed formula for the split. It leaves the division to the court, which can weigh factors such as each representative's relative share of the work, responsibility, and time invested in the administration, rather than dividing the commission by a mechanical fraction like the number of representatives.

This apportionment rule shares a concern with Article 3351.1's offset for a representative who also serves as attorney or corporate officer: compensation should track the work performed for the estate, not be inflated because more than one person, or one person in more than one role, is involved.