"My mother is going to starve!"

[zzapp the witch]

My mom's name is on all of my bank accounts and my dad has a POA. Hey, I'm the only thing my kids have, if I kick it I need things lined up for their care. Guess I'm lucky I have a mom and dad I can trust with anything.

[draftermatt]

There are reasons for someone over 18 to have their parents on an account.

My Dad was on both my checking & savings before I got married. The only reason was so if I died or was otherwise incapable of getting money that was needed someone could get it.

[alphaboi]

He was 19, though

The account could've been opened when he was still underage. My mother opened my first bank account when I was 6 weeks old and her name was on it. That same account stayed open until I lost my account book and had to open a new one. The odd thing was I was only 17 and not only did they let me close the account out by myself they actually asked my if I wanted her name on the new account. I said no. Oh, and when I opened my first checking account at 16 with nobody's name on it but mine.

[Peppergirl]

I was my grandma's POA and was on her checking account, along with her sister, the years before she passed away in 2006.

It was really odd when I went to close her checking account. I just said 'she passed away', showed my ID, and it was closed! I didn't need a death cert or signatures from my aunt or anything.

Kinda made me wonder in a divorce situation if a spurned wife/husband could do that so easily.

[tropicsgoddess]

By that afternoon, my mother, who worked for a different bank altogether had been called by the teller and informed that I took my money out of my account.

He was 19, though

Was it set up when he was still a minor? I once had my first bank account set up by my mom when I was 16 and when I was about 20 they didn't let me deposit half of my check and cash the rest because of that. My mom decided to switch us to another bank after they started playing their games on us and I've been happy about that...and this time MY name is on MY account.