My mother had a checking account and two savings accounts with Bank of America. When she died, my brother informed the bank and provided a copy of the death certificate. Each account had a payable on death beneficiary. The bank 's initial response to my brother ( who had held power of attorney prior to my mother 's death ), was that they would " reach out to each of the beneficiaries. When none of us received any word from B of A, my brother again inquired and was told we needed to provide court documents that are unnecessary, as all my mother 's assets were available as non-probate transfer. I went to a local B of A banking center, where, after an hour and a phone call by the associate to corporate that was transferred from one person to another, I was finally given forms that needed to be completed, notarized, and returned to the bank. When I returned my form today, a different associate indicated that what I had been given was not the complete form, but did not indicate what was missing. She also insisted that my brother her call her ( my brother lives in XXXX, while I am in XXXX of which my mother was also a resident ), but refused to say why he needed to call. When he called, he could not speak to her and left his phone number, but did not receive a return call. We are very frustrated with the length of time it is taking to close out these accounts and access the funds, which we need to pay my mother 's final expenses. 
