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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Skelton, post: 7997097, member: 92092&quot;]The boxes do get frozen, but you can get to them before that happens.&nbsp; As long as you&#039;re the joint owner, you get to the box before notification goes out that the original owner has passed.&nbsp; I did that when my dad passed, and then again when my aunt died.&nbsp; &nbsp; You just have to be prepared.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I imagine it&#039;s easier to do when you have a better idea that your relative is near death.&nbsp; But!&nbsp; You have to have joint ownership of the box.&nbsp; Thing do get complicated if you have no relatives you can trust.&nbsp; Then I&#039;d talk to the lawyer who did my estate papers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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