QUESTION
Why won’t anyone acknowledge an Affidavit for Collection of small estate
Asked on Dec 04th, 2019 on Wills and Probate - Arkansas
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I used the affidavit to collect unclaimed money held by the state of Arkansas. They mailed a check to me addressed ‘to the estate of (my deceased father) then on the next line (my name Admin). The check however was made out to the estate. There is no estate. The affidavit should have been enough to have me listed as administrator on the check
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We encounter this problem with a lot of financial institutions, particularly national banks, even with an Order Approving an Affidavit of Small Estate. Try a local, Texas bank. But note that that Order does not appoint you administrator. Rather, it approves an Affidavit in which you and the other heirs state what the decedent left, what shares pass to whom and that (together with the witnesses) you promise to pay all the decedent's debts.
Answered on Dec 05th, 2019 at 5:16 AM
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