Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in New York

debt of deceased joint tenant

my mother and i have joint checking accnt mother passed away& got medicaid county says they have preferred claim to leftover amount being that accnt is mine do i have to pay county


Asked on 1/23/08, 8:09 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Guy Lewit Guy Mitchell Lewit, Esq.

Re: debt of deceased joint tenant

The law is that a joint account is owned 50/50 by both parties. If one dies, the other takes it all, by law. THey may have a claim, but as far as I am concerned, the joint account is no longer joint, its yours 100%. They have to find money somewhere else.

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Answered on 1/23/08, 3:50 pm


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