you can go to court, and basicly prove that this person is dead, and letting the state give you access to their accounts..but this court thing will take about 4-5 months! and it can start to cost allot of money.
so basicly, the purpose of this is to tell everyone to have someone you know and trust whether it be your kids, who are only 4 or they be your kids who are 34, have them listed on your accounts, crediit cards, your house etc...as a beneficary, because if somthing were to happen to you (generally death) they would have to go through a ton of trouble to get your stuff that you may want them to have.
i know some people are probably saying "well thats what a will is for." and yes that is what a will is for, but int he will you are only saying _____gets this or _________gets everything...that is not granting them access to your bank accounts etc... but do also get a will made up, otherwise the state will just get everything you owned..because there are some people out there that dont know this stuff



