My Family Tried to Evict Me from the Craftsman House My Grandparents Left Me
He directed me to a cubicle in the back corner where Mrs. Vance, the manager, sat behind a desk stacked with loan applications. She took my ID and looked up the account details on her own computer.
“Your father filed a formal dispute form at the downtown branch at ten past ten this morning,” Mrs. Vance said, her pen tapping against her notepad. “He cited a transition of family estate assets.”
“He doesn’t own those funds,” I said. “I have the tax records to prove every dollar deposited in that account came from my accounting firm salary.”
“The bank cannot arbitrate a dispute between joint owners,” Mrs. Vance said. “Until both parties sign a release agreement, the funds must remain frozen.”
“How long does a dispute review take?” I asked.
“It can take up to sixty days,” she said. She printed a single page from the terminal and slid it across the desk. “This is the copy of the freeze authorization for your records.”
