If a father’s daughter is dying but she has no Will, how can he access her accounts to plan for her funeral?
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If a father’s daughter is dying but she has no Will, how can he access her accounts to plan for her funeral?
She is in hospice. She has no children just her father and no insurance. How can he access her accounts to pay for funeral before probate?
Asked on June 10, 2016 under Estate Planning, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If she is still mentally competent, the best way is for her to add him to her accounts, making them joint accounts. That way, as an owner, he can access them after she passes and they will in fact become his accounts on her death (joint accounts with right of survivorship become the surviving owner's accounts on the death of the other owner).
Alternately, many funeral homes let you pre-pay for funerals, so she could pay for her own arrangements now.
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