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9/22/06, 8:52 pm

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A court order for the bank?

My mom passed away with a small bank account. We have her death certificate, and my brother has legal trust. The bank is saying they need a court order to transfer funds to his account. Is this correct? Do we need a lawyer to handle this?

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Re: A court order for the bank? If the estate is under $100,000, this can and should be handled outside of the Probate C...

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Todd Stevenson

Re: A court order for the bank? If the estate is small I would suggest that you purchse NOLO PRESS book on probate, it w...

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Phillip Evans

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