I think my father who passed away in February may have had a bank account in South Carolina. I am not sure if he did or not. I know that if he did it would have to go through probate. My question is does it have to go through probate just to find out if he even had a bank account or not?? The bank account May be based out of a bank in South Carolina and I live in Michigan. What are the steps that I need to go through in order to find out if a bank account does actually exist.
If you are just going on speculation and don't have any info as far as what bank, you should start with hiring a forensic accountant to research it. If you have a will naming you as the executor and a death certificate, probate should be handled in his home state. Hope this helps.
Probates has to be filed on the state level by the executor of his estate. It is up to the executor to claim all his accounts by sworn affidavit. You probably want to start on the state level first to see if it went through probate.
you're able to desire to touch the Probate courtroom interior the city or county that he lived before he kicked the bucket. do you be attentive to if he left a will? if so, do you be attentive to who the Executor is? you additionally can touch the Executor to make certain. The clerk on the Probate courtroom could desire to be waiting to offer you counsel as to who to touch in this count. confirm to offer the Probate courtroom all your counsel (call, handle and contact extensive type) so which you're able to be contacted. sturdy success!
If any body had Power of Attorney, they can draw the money, from a joint acct. and close the account. Get death certificates, present them to the bank with who you are, and you might get action, as nx of kin. My Daughter had P O A, an cleaned 150,000 out when my mom died.and it was legal.within a week.
