QUESTION
I received a refund check from the cemetery as an apology for their incompetence in ordering her prepaid headstone. Can I cash check to her estate?
Asked on Jul 05th, 2019 on Estate Planning - Illinois
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My mother prepaid for her burial arrangements to cemetery. The cemetery is refunding the cost of the headstone as an apology for their incompetence . The check is made out to her estate. I am named on the bank account which remains opened. How do I endorse the check? and may I deposit/cash the check? There is no estate, all bills are paid and there is no cash value to the account other than monies deposited by myself to keep account opened.
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You do not write whether the bank account is the estate's bank account. If so, and if you are named as executor or administrator of the estate, endorse the check as such and deposit it. Then distribute the funds according to your mother's Will or, if there is no Will, the intestacy/heirship laws of her state.
Answered on Jul 06th, 2019 at 5:11 AM
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