QUESTION
How do I go about cashing my deceased parent’s check?
Asked on May 31st, 2014 on Entertainment Law - California
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I have a settlement check made out to my deceased parents in the amount of $2000. I live in California. I have one sister. There are no other heirs. There was no will. How do I go about cashing this check?
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Susan Marie Basko
I bet the bank on which the check is written will be willing to tell you.
Answered on Jun 02nd, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Edwin K. Niles
Endorse their names and deposit it.
Answered on Jun 02nd, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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You may want to try a deposit through an ATM to see if it clears, or you may have to obtain an affidavit form from the insurance company to provide the information of the two of you as heirs, no other estate, an include a certified copy of death certificate, and as them to reissue the check in the name of the two of you.
Answered on Jun 02nd, 2014 at 11:23 AM
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Do a Probate Code Section 13100 declaration and submit it to the bank with the death certificate. Be sure you put your sister on there as an interested party.
Answered on Jun 02nd, 2014 at 10:33 AM
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40 or more days after the last date of death, deposit it. You may need to complete a Probate section 13150 affidavit.
Answered on Jun 02nd, 2014 at 10:33 AM