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Esp55
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My brother-in-law died recently (Oregon)and left money in a bank acccount that was not held jontly with my sister-in-law. The bank told her there is no way she can have access to this account. My brother-in-law was in the process of trying to leave her set-up because of his impending death and had given her power of attorney on this account and she thought they had signed papers leaving her as beneficiary of this account - the bank says no. We are searching for a will and if not found doesn't she automatically get this money because she is the spouse? If a will is found naming her as beneficiary how long before she can access this account. They have automatic payments for their house and truck coming out of this account and the bank won't even tell her how much money is in the account. Will payments continue to be made until the money runs out? Do we have to go into probate over this one account? She thinks there is only approx $2,000 is this account.