This guide can give you a place to start your research when you have a case for probate regarding a deceased person's estate. They went back and took the money out of our account after her death.Is thid legal for them to do? (Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 14-3971)You would simply get the form and instructions from the court's website, fill out the form and have it notarized. The next of kin will not have any access to the money on a deceased person's account unless that person is a Joint owner of the account with a right to survive. Give application to the bank or treasury as the case may be informing passing away of the Pensioner. A death certificate and a Small Estate Affidavit should do it, if he was not married and had no children. Please provide proof of the deceased owner's Social Security Number, this information can normally be found on the Death Certificate. The documents needed are a death certificate, residential proof, bank passbook, etc. Naming a bank account beneficiary enables your loved ones to transfer available funds from stocks and bonds without waiting for probate court.