Your status as executor has no bearing as to whether you have access to your mother's finances while she is living. Additionally, whether you live with your mother or whether she has debts or not has no bearing as to whether you have access to her finances. What you need is a power of attorney.
That being said, if you are also named on your mother's bank account as an account owner, then you have full access to write checks on that account just like she does. Be careful that you are not listed as TOD (Transfer on Death) or POD (Pay on Death) though instead of an actual account owner. Those who are listed as TOD or POD have no right to the account funds until the account owner dies.
At Chase, checks payable to cash are only negotiable by the account holder for the account the checks are written from.
When you order cheques/checks and have your name/address/phone number imprinted along with your bank name and account number on them, the cheques/checks are considered to be "personalised". ASAP Cheques/ASAP Checks Bank quality cheques/checks without bank prices, ready to ship in 24 hours.
Old checks should be destroyed by shredding. Shredding old checks will ensure that the account information can not be stolen.
yes
any bank has the right to refuse to cash checks if you are not already a customer. some will some won't.
The executor is responsible for settling the estate. That will include writing checks to pay bills. In most cases they will create an estate account to handle these items and be able to provide a complete accounting to the court.
If the checks were sent for your signature they should be returned immediately without delay. You are obligated by law to perform your duties as executor with expediency.
Yes, if they have a right to the money either as a beneficiary or as payment for their work. They have to provide a full accounting to the court.
The slang term is spelled "bum checks", meaning checks (drafts) that are written without sufficient funds in the account to pay them.
When you were appointed the executor the court issued "Letters Testamentary" in your name. That is your legal authority to represent the estate and sign any checks made payable to the estate or to the decedent. You should bring a copy to the bank where the decedent had their account and speak to the manager about cashing the check. The bank may put a hold on the funds until the check clears. Once you are certain there will be no more checks issued to the estate you can then close the account. If the decedent had no bank account then you should seek advice from the attorney who is handling the estate. If you do not have "letters Testamentary" then you are not the duly appointed executor and have no right nor authority to cash the check.
Call you banks customers service and see. My bank allows my wife to deposit my payroll checks without my signature into our account.
If you have a checking account you order checks. No letter is needed. You can order them through the bank or through an independent source. I have had my photos put on checks so there are any number of designs you can have, but you do need a checking account number and a routing number from your account to order checks. A person without these just can't get checks that are illegal tender.
The person authorized to write checks on an account is called the account holder or account operating customer. He/she is the only person authorized to write checks on that account. Nobody else can do so. (In case of a joint account, all holders of the account can write checks)
Is No. 1 - Forgery and No. 2 - Not Possible. you can only cash checks that are payable to your name/account.
The executor is responsible for the sale of the house. They have a letter of authority from the probate court. That allows them to write checks and settle the estate.
You can but you both will be on the checks aswell as the both of you need to be on the account too.
The type of account that allows you to deposit money and write checks is a checking account.