Bank Safe Deposit Box

What’s Wrong With Putting Your Docs in Bank Safe Deposit Box?

CONSIDER THIS — …You have a medical emergency; rushed to the hospital.  You can’t communicate with the doctors. …Or, let’s say you go to the doctor for a routine procedure and something goes wrong.  You can no longer communicate with the doctors. No problem, you have an Advanced Health Care Directive.  With that directive your representative can step in and make decisions for you. BUT WAIT, (1) That document is in your safe deposit box at your bank, and (2) Your representative cannot access your safe deposit box. (3) Your bank is closed.  Maybe it’s after banking hours; it’s the…

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