Recently a close family friend passed away without having signed his will. He has two sisters one sister in law. He always looked at my mother as a daughter as he and his wife whom is also deceased never had children. He had already signed the titles to his vehicles over to whom he wanted to have them and given several things away before his death. When he found out about his illness he added my mother on to his checking account and money market account as a owner and he did the same with his sister in law on another account. This is also the way he wanted things in the will that didn't get signed. The two sisters are now trying to get the bank records for the accounts my mother and his sister in law are listed as owners on.
I know this is long but here are my questions.
1. Should my mom and his sister in law provide the account records or are they obligated to do so?
2. It is our understanding that being listed as an owner on these accounts gives my mom and his sister in law complete rights to these accounts now and upon presentation of a death certificate they will each be the sole owner of these accounts. Is this correct?
I know this is long but here are my questions.
1. Should my mom and his sister in law provide the account records or are they obligated to do so?
2. It is our understanding that being listed as an owner on these accounts gives my mom and his sister in law complete rights to these accounts now and upon presentation of a death certificate they will each be the sole owner of these accounts. Is this correct?
