Legal Question in Business Law in Florida

Re: lawsuit payment

Check with your bank if that will be sufficient. If not, then you would certainly have the documents they do require.

Re: lawsuit payment

An estate probate may be required.

Re: lawsuit payment

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Depending on the size of the check, your bank may allow it although techinically they should not. If you had a joint account and never changed the status of the account, you might be able to deposit the check without the bank being aware of any problem.

The proper way to handle this, however, is for an estate to be filed and probated or if only a small check (and the bank will not cash it), you may be able to have the court process your request without filing an estate.

If you have to file an estate, it will be necessary to engage the services of an attorney.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.