My family has always been a large collection of control freaks. Anything they do in a person's life is meant to give them a sense of control. When I was 17, my mother divorced my father.
When I turned 18, my aunt (my father's sister) called me on the phone. She offered to give me a "savings account at the credit union that is totally in your name." I said, "No." She continued to try to sell it to me. I said, "No." She tried to convince me. I said, "No." She told me it was my choice and that they wouldn't do it if I didn't want it. I said, "No."
The next day there was a knock at my door and my father walked into the house with forms for a joint account with my aunt's signature already on it. My mother gave me no options other than to sign the form. The ball was now rolling to 'give' me an account that I feel is nothing more than an attempt to maintain a presence.
Here is where my question lies:
My aunt was recently killed by a drunk driver (her brother-in-law) in her own driveway. I want to take the money out of the account but I suspect my father will refuse to give me the death certificate. Furthermore, I personally think that he may have later added his signature to the account outside of my presence, with his brother and sister as witnesses. Coulld his adding his signature later be concidered illegal? Could forcing me to put my signature on something I didn't want be concidered illegal? Could withholding the COD be fought legally?
When I turned 18, my aunt (my father's sister) called me on the phone. She offered to give me a "savings account at the credit union that is totally in your name." I said, "No." She continued to try to sell it to me. I said, "No." She tried to convince me. I said, "No." She told me it was my choice and that they wouldn't do it if I didn't want it. I said, "No."
The next day there was a knock at my door and my father walked into the house with forms for a joint account with my aunt's signature already on it. My mother gave me no options other than to sign the form. The ball was now rolling to 'give' me an account that I feel is nothing more than an attempt to maintain a presence.
Here is where my question lies:
My aunt was recently killed by a drunk driver (her brother-in-law) in her own driveway. I want to take the money out of the account but I suspect my father will refuse to give me the death certificate. Furthermore, I personally think that he may have later added his signature to the account outside of my presence, with his brother and sister as witnesses. Coulld his adding his signature later be concidered illegal? Could forcing me to put my signature on something I didn't want be concidered illegal? Could withholding the COD be fought legally?