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iplaywithblocks

Can a parent's partner touch this money?

Advice

So here's the setup: Let's say I have a bank account funded by my own money, and my father gets added to that account. My father - who is married to someone not my birth mother - passes away. Does his widow have any kind of claim on this account simply by virtue of having had his name on it?

Thank you in advance!

Posted Jun 10, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

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