Does the last will and testament null and void any other notes such as Stocks, CDs, and checking accounts?
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You probably mean that two are listed as joint owners of your bank accounts. If there is a right of suvivorship, and there usually is, these pass outside the will. The co-owners will automatically received the money deposited in the account.
Stocks and other assets will pass through probate. Your executor will pay off your bills and final expenses and either the liquidate the assets and distribute them to the four heirs as directed or actually reassign the stocks, notes and accounts to the heirs, if this is what the will provides for. A will in no way voids assets.
If they owned the assets (listed as owners) prior to death, they will retain ownership of the account after death.
It sounds as if the two folks that aren't listed as owners on the bank account are going to miss out.
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