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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDead people are getting coronavirus stimulus checks. Do families have to send the money back? Maybe
https://this.kiji.is/632514402568143969?c=592622757532812385We had a good laugh about it, said her son, Tim Martin Johnson of Philadelphia. Shes been gone two years. We laughed about how the check actually said Deceased on it.
After the laughter died down, Johnson who was the executor of his mothers estate was faced with a quandary.
samnsara
(17,636 posts)..and yes it DID say Decd on the joint check both my late parents received... and my late aunts check was auto deposited into my live uncles checking acct along with his. Im Power of Attny for my uncle as hes in long term care right now so now we have to untangle this mess? With my parents, we just sent the entire check back to whomever sent it to us after we crossed out trumps name and wrote 'donald duck'
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)did your parents or aunt file a 2018 tax return?
doc03
(35,378 posts)and I haven't seen any damn check. Everyone else I talk to received theirs weeks ago.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)doc03
(35,378 posts)my SS on the second Tuesday the 13th this month so they apparently will include it with my SS.
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)Seems to me the check is an asset of the estate.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)With instructions on the front to check the box and drop into the mail if the recipient is deceased. Then the post office returned it to me because they had apparently not been clued in.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)the estate account in April. The check is to my Mom DECD %my name. Not to the estate of.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)pwb
(11,292 posts)they would have trumps name on a government check to put on their wall.?