10/11/2015
Is there anything in writing stating a financial institution is not obligated to re-pay pension payments of a deceased if no funds are available?
10/11/2015
We discovered possible fraudulent transactions on a deceased customer's account, there is no executor. We will be compelling a small estate affidavit. My question is; does the individual submitting the small estate affidavit have authority to make a claim against the transactions on the account?
09/07/2015
Can an estate executor name an authorized person on an estate checking account?
07/19/2015
We have a customer that passed away in April, but we have checks dated March, the month before. Can we deposits those checks into a joint account instead of opening an Estate Account?
06/07/2015
How long can you negotiate a check payable to a deceased person? Your customer passes away and has an estate account at your bank. Is there a limit on the time that you can accept a check payable to the deceased? Or should all checks be payable to the Estate after 3 or 6 months?
04/20/2015
Pay on Death Accounts - If the account has multiple POD beneficiaries and the account holder dies, are the funds in the account divided equally between the POD beneficiaries or is it first come gets it all?
03/16/2015
A customer has died. He has no will, the estate is not large enough to probate. He has three daughters. He has not been married for years. The daughters have called and asked how to close his account. Is there a form for the daughters to sign that they have the right to the money?
03/02/2015
The owner of a sole proprietor has passed. The account signers were only him, a POA, and an agent for the POA. What documents do I need change the relationship for the POA and Agent?
01/19/2015
A customer has an individual checking account with 7 children as PODs (2 of the children are authorized signers on the account). At death of the owner, does the account need to be immediately disbursed to PODs or can the Personal Rep continue to disburse funds from the account?
11/17/2014
I have a client that is the only officer on a FL corporation - what happens in the event of his death? We can not add a POD to a corp - any suggestions?