My nephew died recently. Was never married nor had children. His mother is his only survivor. Now,! He left just over $1000 . The bank requires it go through probate?????

Potentially, yes, George. Probate is an after death administrative process when a person dies owning money or property in their name only with no beneficiary designation. If your nephew's account with Bank of America was in his name only and no one was listed as a beneficiary on the account, it is going to have to be probated. Give me a call (I don't charge for phone calls) @ 941-914-9145 and we can discuss a couple possible options that would take up too much space to type here.

Do you know if there is a beneficiary? It will cost 450$ to file to get one thousand