{"QuestionID":60268,"AnswerID":2848,"AnswerName":"Anonymous Attorney"}
Posted on / May 05, 2020 05:11:00
You heard wrong. While if it had been another kind of check, it would be "income in respect of decedent" and payable to her estate, only a living person is entitled to a covid-19 stimulus check. Your mother was not living on February 15, 2020 and is not living now. Trying to cash the check in any way would be incurring criminal liability for fraud. While we are all short of cash just now, this is not the way to get it. Return the check with a letter explaining the circumstances and a copy of your mother's death certificate.
