CALIFORNIA
My mother-in-law's estate will go through probate and we have sent pre-signed checks to her mortgage, property taxes, and various things. There was poor planning on her part and she has hours or maybe days at most to live. She will not be lucid again. We are trying to pay all of her bills from her checking account and we are wondering at what point her accounts/assets will be frozen. We DO NOT have financial Power of Attorney. Will the bank honor a check if received after her demise, assuming they are aware of it? Can we pay her final expenses with her own check? My wife is sole beneficiary of an uncontested will (she is also named executor). Can my wife write a check to herself? We still have a small number of checks. Will it bounce (depending on timing)? It's Sunday, so we cant really ask a bank.
Thank you very much, there are many more questions, but we need to know what we can and can't do.
My mother-in-law's estate will go through probate and we have sent pre-signed checks to her mortgage, property taxes, and various things. There was poor planning on her part and she has hours or maybe days at most to live. She will not be lucid again. We are trying to pay all of her bills from her checking account and we are wondering at what point her accounts/assets will be frozen. We DO NOT have financial Power of Attorney. Will the bank honor a check if received after her demise, assuming they are aware of it? Can we pay her final expenses with her own check? My wife is sole beneficiary of an uncontested will (she is also named executor). Can my wife write a check to herself? We still have a small number of checks. Will it bounce (depending on timing)? It's Sunday, so we cant really ask a bank.
Thank you very much, there are many more questions, but we need to know what we can and can't do.