setting up accounts across country

thumper1
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:20:14 +0000

DS goes to college in a different (but neighboring) state. He has all of his accounts in a national bank (Bank of America). There are branches here, and branches there. His checking account has our HOME address on it. He has no trouble cashing checks. His statements get sent here (our address doesn’t change from year to year…his does). He has a drivers license from home and votes here too (by absentee ballot). I would suggest looking into opening an account at a bank that has branches across the country. That way you can transfer funds into the account where you are, but your daughter can access them at college too. If that isn’t possible, get a bank check before you send her off to school and have her open an account where she goes to college.