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Banking Information Your Spouse Should Know About
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Even when spouses have decided to combine their finances upon marriage, it’s increasingly rare that each won’t have at least one account that’s solely in their own name. Unfortunately, spouses don’t always do a good job of keeping one another informed of their important individual information.
While the death of one spouse is the most severe example of a situation where the other will need access to their banking information, it’s certainly not the only such case. A serious accident or illness could easily incapacitate your spouse to an extent that you’ll need to handle various financial transactions for the...