Estate settlement services are offered through National Bank subsidiaries. does this have to go through Probate? They will continue to do this until a beneficiary sues them. He had all the necessary documents but I guess in their mind the estate was not worth their time. Do I have any rights? Contact the financial institution for more information. There are two other executors and decisions are to be made unanimously. Hi Lynne, my deceased father's will dated 2015 names my Mother as a sole beneficiary of his entire estate, however does not list every single account he had. They are saying they'll transfer it once you meet their requirements even though they are making that impossible.Consider making an appointment with the branch manager. The bank has all information needed, and said that it should only take a day or two to have funds transferred. Our property is the same size. According to law, that was his wish. This is what the law says you are supposed to do. And, there is no online documentation about Estate Accounts that I can find anywhere on the TD website.Is this normal? Do they have this right? For example, some estate accounts are restricted in a way that allows deposits but no withdrawals can be made without a court order. It's a fairly small estate, about 80k in RIFF's, chequing account. The problem we now have is that while we can see the account online, we are not able to make any payments from it for utilities and rent prior to moving her stuff out of the apartment. She will not sign it. If the judge is not fully satisfied with it, you may be directed to prove the will more formally.Lynne, Lynne,I hope you can help. Getting a Taxpayer ID Number From the IRS. On July 21, I escalated my complaint to that bank's ombudsman. While I find this admirable in spirit, I am concerned as an executor whether executors can in fact make gifts that are not specifically covered in the will, especially as there are other residual beneficiaries involved. Nobody but a judge can decide whether a decision made by your mother close to her death is a valid decision or not.I'm absolutely horrified by this story. As far as the bank is concerned, your father's account is still HIS account and not an estate account until the probate has come through. Will I have to fly to that province to sign the cheques or is there something that is sent to the bank to release the cheques with only one signature? It's a lot of money for me when there are no assets. Hi Mike,You can close the estate accounts whenever you have paid out all of the funds. What would be the purpose of such a designation if people could just ignore them?I'm not an accountant, but my understanding is that the RRSP will be fully taxable when it is paid into the estate. If you are the executor, it's up to you to decide whether you want to take the personal risk of releasing money. He had a brother & sister who are now the beneficiaries. I'm in Ontario, btw. Hi there If I was listed as executor as per cra but they dont give you anything to prove that, can I still open the account get the refunds from cra and close the account without this probate? However, this past week, she received an unexpected check for a substantial amount, written out to my father's estate. As a result, few executors know, relying on the issued (or not-issued!) If you are not applying for probate for any other reason, I don't see why you would apply for it because of a small cheque. Can the estate lend money to the executor who pays interest on it to the estate at the same rate the money is now receiving in a GIC? When the final payouts are made after the tax clearance certificate is received. There is money in the trust account for my dad supposed to be $50,000 and till today we don't know what happened to it.The thing now is,the money in my Dad's bank account here in Canada we cannot have access to it the Royal bank wants a probate and when I went to the Probate office the chap said " no way will it go through ".So what, does the banks in Canada have the rights to our parents money ?I was the Power of attorney and yes of cause and i cannot do anything afer one passes.Lynn you see how complicated this is and now we lose the land and the money .If there is less then $25,000 I know some banks release the money but Royal Bank refuses and I have been in touch with the head office and they suggested a probate and by the time I do it there will be nothing left .Please can you help me ?Thanks, Roberta, Roberta, yes I can help you, but not on a blog post. You must pay all debts (and it sounds as if you have done so) and taxes, then whatever is left must be divided among the beneficiaries.Lynne. Then all of a sudden none of the kids will get the joint accounts any more. I was told by a local lawyer that if there were no assets that there would be no point spending approximately $3500.00 dollars to become an administrator. Sure your mother is a qualified beneficiary but she wasn't named so it doesn't make any difference. I just received a cheque refund (a small sum of less $100) issued to her estate. My Dad just died and he had 2 bank accounts with myself as co-owner with right of survivorship. Open an account online in about 20 minutes or apply in-branch. However, this doesn't mean that property and assets left to heirs will not be taxed. In reading their most recent annual report, the office of the ombudsman outlines the complaint process and time for resolution. I believe you are wrong about avoiding probate because of the joint account. at which point the funds will go to Estate. That is why the bank won't help you. TD gave him such a hard time. The probate is their indemnity against the deceased's funds to the wrong person. But the bank refuse to do this. She might have received wrong advice from a lawyer or from a banker. The two of us are the only beneficiaries. Lawyer Trust account and then endorse deposits to it and then disburse through it?Look forward to some feed back and thanks. They did have one joint account. My mother passed, without a will. Their job is to hand over the account once probate has been granted. No, I don't think you can deposit it to your personal account or cash it. They are doing the right thing and you are ignoring how your father in law had things set up.Lynne. It'll happen. I was then told a few months ago that it reverted back to the estate because the change was made too close to her death and I have been asking for answers on this for months and finally received a reply that there were more recent documents that changed it back to the estate. He most likely didn't have a will at his age, so his beneficiary would be his wife, and if he didn't have a wife then his children, and if he didn't have children, then his parents.Lynne. I'm so sorry to hear about your son. My uncle passed away and put my cousin and I as executor's. Unbelievable! Will probate be necessary for this? The money belongs in his estate, which has to be used to pay off any debts or taxes he might owe. An alternative might be to purchase bank drafts rather than cheques. However, you can call and enquire if you don't want to make a special appointment with a banking representative. Instead I seem to be stuck mingling assets with my own money, which seems like a terrible idea. The RSP is not in the estate if it names beneficiaries. It is not unusual at all for a bank to insist on having a grant of probate before releasing funds. In such a situation, the funds in a joint account would then transfer over to your child, who can then distribute the funds according to your wishes without having to go through probate. Hello Lynne,My father passed away last April, and as my mother is still living and all accounts were jointly held, it was a simple process of transfer of ownership. If you haven't wound up the estate in a year and there is no good reason for it, you could end up in a dispute with the beneficiaries and possibly in court.Lynne. Without more facts, I don't know for sure that this is what they are getting at, but there should be no bank policy to say an executor must wait 6 months. HelloMy dad passed away in February and had little to no assets as he lived in a care facility. I'm not an expert on criminal law but it seems to me that if she is pretending your grandmother is alive and depositing a cheque made to your grandmother, that is fraud. I just need that cheque to go in there. I hope that things weren't as loosely organized as your letter suggests. Is it not sufficient I show it to them?Thanks, I don't know what the HELL is going on with banks these days. I (probate granted estate trustee with a Will, and I am also the residuary beneficiary) opened 2 estate accounts for my mother's estate last year. All the risk of the account falls on the executor, not on the bank. Keep the concept of the executor's year in mind. The bank has an account for which there is no online access? Every bank will have an estate department that deals with death and living wills. No, the executor cannot make gifts that were not mentioned in the will. Their process says I should have received a written agreement that is to be signed and returned to them. The bank also notified me that they can't open an account in branch and I would have to wait 2 weeks for the estate account to be set up. I opinion, you don't go to RBC if you have a non-probated Will. She also signed up for internet service to manage dads estate. It depends on the situation. Try going to the bank where your son had his accounts, since they will have records of him, etc. As I said, not all banks are responding properly to the change in the law (from 2007) and some are paying out joint bank accounts between parent and child to the child. Does this trust belong to my daughter, or is it part of the estate, and therefore to be caught up in limbo during the probate? An estate representative administers a deceased person's estate. It must be a policy of the particular bank.Lynne. Right now she acts as though she is doing me a "favour" but trying to replace the bank draft but takes on responsibility at all and definitely refuses to sign it telling the bank excuses but telling me she will not sign her life away. The bank says that the 3 kids are the beneficiaries of the RSPs so why do you feel that you can legally put that money into the estate account? The client is now deceased and her power of attorney signed the cheque although I do not believe it was a joint account as only the deceased name is on the cheque. The will states she was leaving everything (her house, bank accounts and investments ) to my mom and appointing me as executor. You have not just a right to see the paperwork but it is your responsibility to straighten all of this out.Definitely use some of the money to pay bills. My context for the question was a little different: an estate account with two trustees specified in the will who are to pay bills for someone in a house who is not being given direct access to the money. Is this an honour system, or does the bank verify estate accounts by looking at the will? An executor can never use estate funds for personal spending. Your estate includes what you own (assets) and what you owe (liabilities). The bank has closed the account and sent the cheque to the estate. They are the ones trying to follow the law. The 1st distribution I picked up from a lawyer as I was in a hurry to get money. Don't let them dictate what is appropriate for you to do, when you are the only one who bears responsibility for the funds.Lynne. i have a will, am the executor, and can open an estate account if necessary. My recently deceased mother had create a trust through Wood Gundy for my daughter to help her through university. Your authority to open the account arises from the will. most of her property was gifted to me before her death. She said I would receive an e-mail and/or a call. Did the TD bank error in allowing this as she was only one of three executors? Yes, you have ALL the rights. This was done after receiving the Probate Certificate which was scanned into the estate dept. Payable on death accounts A bank account where a beneficiary is named is called a payable on death (POD) account. I think I have been reasonable, but am now also very unsatisfied by the response by the ombudsman's office and told them that when they called yesterday to 'loop back' on my complaint. I have already paid the probate fee on the lesser amount. Lynne. The reason we were fighting is because our understanding is that the Will should trump every other document completed before the Will. After it is all said and done the money will be divided between all 5 of us. My sister and I are co-executors of our fathers will. I know this because I spent 7 years at Scotiabank doing whatever I could to help out the front line staff dealing with estates. He died in Quebec, and the Public Curator there has handled all the paperwork. Other terms for estate representative include estate trustee, executor, liquidator and administrator. The mistake is just as much yours, as a person under a POA instructing them to do something you weren't allowed to do in the first place.I know this probably isn't the answer you wanted, but that's how I see it.Lynne, Hi Lynne. Is there a time limit on how long an estate account can stay open? Do I get bank drafts and a contract made up?One beneficiary is a minor. I am an accountant and excutor of my wife's aunt estate. TD bank says it can take "two, three sometimes even six months" to set up an Estate Account for me. By doing so, does this mean we now have to probate the will? As trustee, I am unable to distribute or transfer the funds of the Estate. I recently opened an estate account at a bank and they refuse to give me online access. FIL was not natt8ed, Julie, what does "FIL was not natt8ed" mean?Lynne. The things people will do to their own parents is absolutely appalling. If anything goes missing, it's all on the executor and the bank bears no blame for it.Lynne. So out of her account I paid for her last medications so it is a fully paid now. Can my sister disburse fees from my fathers estate accounting to reimburse my brother for return air fare and to me for gas mileage, when we attended his rental to remove his belongings and sell his assets? They don't give the retail branch staff any training and their policies are poorly understood and inconsistently administered. I would much rather deal with my Bank. I have yet to open an estate account and her accounts remain open. Can the Courts force her to replace the lost bank draft? Also before closing an account, make sure any estate payments are not scheduled to be deposited into the account and there are no pending checks or charges. The branch manager was also called into the room. I am the executor of my step fathers estate. Stop letting them tell you things they have no right to decide. Have a great day. Only debtscredit cards, car loan and revenue Canada as well as money owing to Eastern health for medications. I have some Estate litigation lawyers names but want to know if I can realistically get her to replace that cheque so I can have my money. Not at all a fan of RBC, in fact in the process of switching banks myself. I hope other parents read your story because it shows just how careful you have to be when appointing your own kids. Thanks so much for your prompt and informative response. Executors don't have to wait for the grant of probate. She is also the executor, which means that ultimately she is the one who will take responsibility for the payment of the funds.So, what is their risk? Use any other estate funds you have been able to gather, such as the CPP death benefit or the sale of household contents. He had no will. Because these accounts are assets of the estate, you will have to get probate to distribute them.Lynne. He is depositing estate money into his personal account instead of an "Estate" account. Two convenient options: Pay annually and save - $39.50 per yea (The cops have had the 'case' for 6 years)So be warned some banks are willing to release funds prior to the (joint) account holders death,(whether it be weeks, or years) and that the money while insured, is not insured for theft or fraud, so you won't be getting any money back from the bank if they 'made a mistake' even though according to one manager 'it happens all the time'. There is no property, only accounts/investments. You have the right to deal with the account as well as the risk if you screw it up, so they aren't in a position to put up any resistance.Lynne. All of her finances had us listed as 50/50 beneficiaries and have been paid out to us, including her bank account of 24000. Getting the will to Probate is going to take a bit of time. She had no idea if I was a TD customer or not. It seems somewhat ridiculous. There is enough money in the account to pay the lump sum payments and still cover any surprises that may come up before final tax clearance is issued. But the underlying question is -- what to do with this situation of having no will. I will ask the bank. Can I take the estate and go to another bank? Hello Lynn,I'm setting up an estate account for my mother. He banked with Scotiabank, and they are telling me that they will not transfer money from his accounts into an estate account with another financial institution. 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