Can the surviving spouse withdraw all money after a death? | NC

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Q: Can the surviving spouse legally withdraw all the money from my parent’s bank account after the death? A: It depends on how the account was set up. A surviving spouse can usually take the money only if they were already an owner on the account, such as a joint account with a right of survivorship, or if they were named as the payable-on-death beneficiary. If the account was only in your…