Dennis Akers’s 88-year-old mother-in-law died in January. His 96-year-old mother died a month later. Akers held a joint checking account with each of them because he helped take care of their bills. Both deceased women received direct-deposit stimulus payments. Akers said he had informed Social Security when both women died. Now, Akers says he’s going to just let the money sit until he receives direction from the IRS. I would do the same

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