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[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

Before my aunt died in early April, I had applied to get her nursing home insurance to pay. When I notified them she died, they said they noticed she had been in nursing home for three years at private pay. they were going to contact dr, re back paying. a few weeks later i got a check saying final payment and it was for $65.
opened my mail and their was a big check for three years of back payment made out to her estate.
I never needed an estate banking account. everything was with broker who transferred funds accordingly, and a small account in my aunt's and my name. so i went to bank about depositing. banks won't recognize will, need me to get a lawyer (in Arizona) to say I am personal rep before they will let me set up an account and deposit the check.
so here I sit, ready to leave on a 5 week trip, carrying a big check with nowhere to put it.

to top it off, i received a bill for a safety deposit box. everything my aunt said indicated it had been emptied and closed. there was no key in her apartment when i cleaned it out. there is no indication of paying that kind of bill for the last two years. Bank of America won't talk to me, so i don't know what to do. if this safety deposit box is still there, it is empty, but my aunt was very careful and i don't think this is the case.
do banks ever erroneously send out these notices?

I have called everyone who knew my aunt, and noone knows, and my aunts did not drive and someone would have had to lhelp them.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Try the probate court in her local town. They may be able to help you or point you in the right direction to get help.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Regarding the safe deposit box, try writing Bank of America a letter rather than trying to get to the right person by phone.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

When my mother died, the CPA said that I should leave her and my bank account open for several months in case a check or something came in that needed to be deposited. B of A agreed to do that and it came in handy when she got a small check about 3 months later.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

We still get a check or two every so often and my Aunt died 7 years ago. Some of the checks were from accounts she had where companies got fined, etc. for misrepresentation, fraud, etc. and for large amounts. We managed to get them cashed but I had to go through lots of paperwork to do it. Some checks for over $10,000.00 which then had to be divided between 8 different people.
Bart

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the amount of the check is big, and it is to the Estate of _______ so I can't put it in the checking account I have with her.
The brokerage can't put it in her account. They are trying to help me.
what a problem to have, a check too big to deposit. lol

the brokerage secretary is going to try to go to the bank and ask them to prove that the safe deposit box really exists, but the idea of writing a letter is a good one. too bad my computer chose to go out when i have all this work to do.
we leave in a week, on the road for 4 or 5 weeks, i had hoped to bury their paperwork in the bottom. looks like the trip will be spent with phone and paperwork close by.