You can't unless you were listed at the bank as a joint owner or beneficiary on their accounts. If not you would need to petition the court to be appointed Admministrator of the estates and the appointment would provide you with the authority to access their bank accounts and any other property.
If your grandmother is still living, you can't. If she is deceased, the executor of the will is required to notify you if you are in the will. If there is no will, and your parents are deceased, then you should contact the probate court and/or executor.
Yes, an executor can turn down the responsibility. The court will appoint another person and would probably approve it without a second thought.
Not without a Letter of Authority appointing you as the executor of the estate or committing fraud.
When your mother died, the executor took her place. The executor may not act without approval of the probate court. Your forclosure action must be against your mother's estate, as she is deceased, there you must go to probate.
Inform the company of the death of the person. And you should direct them to the executor of the estate.
It is possible for it to happen. They would have to have a court order to do so.
try your state comptroller office website Safety deposit boxes and insurance policies are private issues and are not a matter of public record. An insurance provider would not release the information without authorization from the executor of the deceased estate or an order from the probate court (POA's become null and void upon the death of the grantor). About the only option is to search through the deceased's possession/paperwork for cancelled checks, bank statment's, policies, account statements, tax returns and so forth.
They can't claim to be the executor, they have to be appointed by the court, otherwise they have no legal standing to do anything with the estate. And you have the right to object to their being appointed executor.
Yes, the executor of your deceased mother's estate typically has the authority to request the key to her empty house to fulfill their duties, such as ensuring the property is secured and managing its assets. It is important to cooperate with the executor to facilitate the estate administration process.
The executor would have that authority. They don't need anyone else's permission.
Yes, the person named by the deceased as administrator of the will is called the executor. The job of the executor is (out of the deceased's estate) to settle all the deceased outstanding debts and pay for the funeral. Then the executor adds up everything in the deceased's estate, pays any outstanding taxes and any inheritance taxes that may be due and presents the account of all this along with the will to a special court called a probate court. If the court is happy with what has been done the executor is then granted a probate document which allows him dispose of the remainder of the estate as the person's will instructs. Without the deed of probate, companies like banks and stockbrokers will not accept the executors instructions to do things with the deceased's property.The filing of the will is the act of presenting it (and the accounts) to the probate court.
"Will annexed" and "with will" refer to situations where a deceased person has left a valid will but without specifically appointing an executor. In such cases, the court appoints an executor to manage the estate.