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    PAMSTREET Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 9, 2012, 10:15 AM
    My husband just passed away, we have joint bank account what do I do?
    I was told that bank can freeze my bank account, my husband just passed away and no debts are owed to the bank, we have a joint account, what do I do to put account in my name only now? STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
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    Jun 9, 2012, 11:25 AM
    You take the Death Certificate to the Bank and ask that the account be changed.

    A JOINT account will not be frozen because it doesn't pass through the Will. If is as much your money as it was his.
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    Jun 9, 2012, 11:29 AM
    If it is joint, as Judy said , its as much yours as his. You don't need to bother with the death certificate. Just withdraw the money and deposit elsewhere.
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    Jun 9, 2012, 11:43 AM
    You're right, Scott. I don't know what I was thinking. Yes, close that account, open another.

    Sorry about that.
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