Banks freeze minor and trust accounts when legal representatives try to act
Banks routinely fail to recognize Power of Attorney documents for minor or trust accounts, locking legally authorized representatives out of funds they are required to manage. Institutions impose arbitrary rollover and lock-in requirements without adequate notice, then refuse to correct errors when confronted with documentation. The structural issue is banks' inability to handle non-standard account ownership relationships within their customer service workflows.
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