[WSBAPT] Estate access to co-owned safe deposit box

[Brent Williams-Ruth]

I have encountered this countless times. I throw my hands up and just got
get the Court order and return the PR with it - and yes, I do the full
bells and whistles of an exemplified order and make it clear that under the
ORDER OF THE COURT they must IMMEDIATELY GRANT ACCESS to the PR. Then they
step aside.

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On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 3:30 PM Eric Nelsen <eric at sayrelawoffices.com>
wrote:

> Decedent and decedent’s sister are both named on a safe deposit box in
> Seattle at Chase Bank. The living sister is 90+ years old, infirm, and
> lives in another state. The PR has the key, has Letters Testamentary, and
> wants access—and Chase is telling him he needs either a court order or
> written permission from the sister.
>
>
>
> I have never encountered this problem. The decedent never needed
> permission to access their own sd box; why should the PR? Am I missing
> something? Am I blinded by my usual rage at the endless bank bureaucracy
> that never allows me to talk to the legal department but insists that their
> stupid position be transmitted to me via a hapless and innocent teller?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> Eric C. Nelsen
>
> Sayre Law Offices, PLLC
>
> 1417 31st Ave South
>
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>
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>
> eric at sayrelawoffices.com
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