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My mother, 91, has dementia. Every bank says I need her signature to unlock her $100,000 stock certificate. What can I do?

“These shares are the only assets in her estate without designated beneficiaries.”

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My mother, 91, has dementia. Every bank says I need her signature to unlock her $100,000 stock certificate. What can I do?
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CurrentWire ranked this story 58.6 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
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Source authority
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Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
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