What if my father left no Will when he passed away?

First, be sure there is no will. Just because you do not quickly find one does not mean there is not one in a safety deposit box or hidden away with other papers. If the decedent stated before death that he or she had no will, then you be fairly sure there was none....

My father died recently. He left a will with my mother as sole beneficiary. We thought we did not need to go through probate, as everything was held jointly by the two of them, or named her as the beneficiary. We have now found that one checking account was not set up jointly, an obvious bank error. Now this checking account is frozen. What needs to be done?

If the account is small enough, your mother can get a court order through a self-help, no-attorney process called Disposition Without Administration. Call the probate clerk in the county where your father resided and see if you can go this route. Usually the probate...
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