How to access the savings account of a deceased relative to pay funeral expenses?

An intestate administration will have to be opened and an administrator appointed to hande the estate. You should contact the Register or Will/Orphans Court for the County your aunt lived in to see if someone in the office will walk you through the procedure. If PA law allows and the account is small enough you may be eligible for an abbreviated, less costly, small estate procedure.

Very truly yours,

Ed Smeltzer

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