QUESTION
if gthe excecutor is also on deceased bank accounts does the.money belong to that person
Asked on Oct 21st, 2013 on Wills and Probate - Washington
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My uncle and aunt were executors of mmy fathers will uncle died ssuddenly my aunt then named my brother the new excec.and hr was also put on all bank accounts, does this mean what's left in the account belong to my brother
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your question is confising as it is badly written. However, what i can answer is that, generally, when two people are on a bank account as joint tenants with right of survivorship, the survivor inherits the balance of the account and it does not pass in to the dead person's estate.
Answered on Oct 21st, 2013 at 9:56 AM
William R. Pelger, Attorney Munhall, Pennsylvania 412-461-1900