<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I had this happen and what I did was open the estate in the name of the legal name on the death certificate. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Then I just made sure to give my PR explicit instructions about taking the death certificate with them whenever they went to an institution with an account in the other name. No problems were had (this was in 2019, pre-pandemic). </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
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</p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Brent@Williams-RuthLaw.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a> / <a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank">website</a> /</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> / </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 1:21 PM John Creahan <<a href="mailto:john@cairn-law.com">john@cairn-law.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
I have a situation I haven't seen before.<br>
I have a new client who will be personal representative of her mother's estate.<br>
Mom used two names - both the name she was born with ("Sally Smith") and her married name ("Sally Smith-Jones").<br>
Apparently she has bank accounts in both names.<br>
I am concerned that banks might not recognize the personal representative's authority if we open the estate in only one name.<br>
Does anybody have any experience with opening an estate using an also known as (Sally Smith a/k/a Sally Smith-Jones).<br>
FWIW, both names are on the death certificate.<br>
Any thoughts would be appreciated.<br>
Thanks,<br>
John<br>
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John Creahan<br>
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