Deposit Checks Payable to Deceased in IOLTA?

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Question:

Can an attorney who is appointed personal rep of a deceased individual, deposit checks payable to the deceased (not the estate) into their IOLTA account?

Answer:

Checks payable to the deceased should be requested to be re-issued to the estate and deposited into the estate account. If for some reason the estate needs to make a payment to the lawyer and which the lawyer is going to hold the funds in the IOLTA account, then those funds should come from the estate account.