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My mother passed and her bank account is frozen. What documents do I need as executor for the bank to unfreeze the account.
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Welcome! Thank you for your question.You need to go to the probate court in the county where she died, take the original will, and a copy of her death certificate. The probate court will swear you in as executor of her estate and give you a document called Letters Testamentary. You will take the document to the bank and can draw out the money in the account. You will need to open a new estate account that you will use to pay your mother's debts prior to making distributions according to the will.
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