Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

What happens to joint bank accounts when your spouse dies without a will in California? Do the accounts /assets get frozen?


Asked on 8/28/12, 12:22 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michele Cusack Pollak & Cusack

No, if you are joint tenants on the account, you just provide the bank with a death certificate and they will take the deceased spouse's name off the account.

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Answered on 8/28/12, 1:19 pm


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