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11/21/10, 3:59 pm

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if I am a signatory on a checking account but not a joint owner of account, can I access account after owner dies

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Michael Stone

You no longer would be operating for the benefit of the account's owner. Turn over the check book to the decedent's adm...

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Robert F. Cohen

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