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Good morning good people of nairaland.

My father died at home eight months ago and has been buried. Two credit alerts entered his phone two days after his death and he also had a few bucks in his account before he died judging by the balance in his account. The only information I have regarding the account is just the [/b]account number and bank name[b] I don't know who he used as his next of kin.

Is there any chance of claiming the money? Please help.

Go and ask for your mum's consent first....

You don't know your father's next of kin, and you want to claim his money? What type of relationship do you have with your dad?

Acidosis:
You don't know your father's next of kin, and you want to claim his money? What type of relationship do you have with your dad?

I also do not know my father's next of kin even though I am a signatory to all his business accounts. You do not know OP's background or circumstances so do not judge hastily.

Go to his bank branch and ask.

Go to court in company of your mom, apply for letter of administration that's the only way the money will be given unless you have PIN to he's ATM to withdraw yourself bank ain't going to give you nothing.

phrancys001:
Go to court in company of your mom, apply for letter of administration that's the only way the money will be given unless you have PIN to he's ATM to withdraw yourself bank ain't going to give you nothing.

Follow this advice.

Go to the bank first and ask for their procedure in claiming a deceased fund. Introduce yourself as his childhood. They will be the one to tell you if you are the next of kin or not. If they say you are not, request to know who is. That will guide you in processing letters of court administration. Don't start processing anything blindly.

phrancys001:
Go to court in company of your mom, apply for letter of administration that's the only way the money will be given unless you have PIN to he's ATM to withdraw yourself bank ain't going to give you nothing.

Thanks for this. I will follow your advice and see how it plays out

frostylook:
Go to the bank first and ask for their procedure in claiming a deceased fund. Introduce yourself as his childhood. They will be the one to tell you if you are the next of kin or not. If they say you are not, request to know who is. That will guide you in processing letters of court administration. Don't start processing anything blindly.

Thanks for your contribution.

U av to go to a probate court. Its also advisable to involve a lawyer to do d run around except u can withstand d stress of going back and forth bribing @ each table

On faced similar issue last year. Please go to ministry of justice in ur state apply for letter of admistration... I e if u are doing next of kin which I can find out from d bank and proceed with D letter to do bank when it's out along side his death certificate.

Sir go the bank first. Some banks don’t want to stress you legally. If you are the next of kin then you will be told what to do.

Going to court is also good but go to bank, they are the one who will pay the money to you, court will still charge you 100,000k

Go to the bank with your mom and you'll be told who the NoK is and what to do to claim the money. Going to court is a long process