Does widow owe corporate debts of deceased spouse?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:39 pm
Creditor is an interested party under California Probate Law. Bank can open a probate to administer the estate; even if the assets are in trust or pass by operation of law [joint tenant etc] Creditor gets appointed administrator of the estate, makes claim against the estate, then obtains probate order to sell assets of the decedent to pay claim. The claim gets paid and the bank collects a statutory fee based on the gross value of the decedentcourt collection.
I witnessed Wells Fargo petition for probate in Ventura to collect a $3,200 credit card. The Ventura probate judge was not happy with Wells Fargo, but he granted the petition for probate by WF
Also, in recent years my healthy business clients have complained that the bank wants their personal guarantee and their spouses personal guarantee.
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