My Grandmother Opened Accounts in My Name. One Person Is Keeping Me From Accessing Them.

Pay Dirt Aug 17, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Chanakon Laorob/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My grandmother is someone who has a lot of money due to her husband making a lot and investing well while he was alive. Some of these investments include stocks and investment accounts that were opened in my name. I know these accounts exist, but do not have account numbers for any except one that I know has about $50,000. However, my father, in the interest of furthering his own wealth hoarding, has persuaded my grandmother that I’m irresponsible with money, and so she will not give me account information or turn control of the accounts over to me. (I promis