More Red Tape...Not In A Good Mood

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I'm so discouraged right now beyond belief. Some months ago I related the red tape I was going through about trying to get an IRS Treasury Refund check deposited into my account. It was a refund actually for my mother, who is deceased, but since I'm her personal representative was entitled to. So when I got the check back in April, my bank refused to let me deposit it as it had not only my name on it but my mother's name. I had gone through a similar hassle last year with another similar check, but after getting in contact with a Tax Advocate indicated that I did NOT need Letters of Administration or court appointment to get that check deposited into my account (my mother didn't have any bank accounts at all). After much consternation, when I went back to the bank and presented the letter the Tax Advocate sent me to indicate that as long as my name was on the first line of the check, my bank had to honor it..I was able to finally deposit it. Well not so this time. I got this other check back in April of this year and now my bank was adamantly refusing to let me deposit this new check --they wouldn't even honor that Tax Advocate Letter of last year.. So don't ask all the people I was getting in contact to somehow manage to get the check deposited into my account. I had gotten in contact with a new Tax Advocate and was instructed to send the check back to them and they were going to arrange getting the check issued only in my name rather than the way it was, with both my name and my mother's....so this was back in April 23..all this time I've been patiently waiting. In the meantime, my ditz bank sent me an affidavit that I could get filled out in the presence of the bank manager allowing me to deposit the check...problem? Well I no longer had the check. I sent a letter to my main branch of my bank informing them of this fact. I also asked, why didn't they provide me an affidavit when I HAD the check? So then I sent another letter to my bank about what was going on, and that I no longer had the check in question, so then my bank sent a letter back saying that the affidavit would only be good for that specific check...they said if the check was reissued only in my name no problem...but the affidavit was only good for that check (that I no longer had). I got a call from the Tax Advocate on Monday telling me the new check had been mailed out and should be getting it soon and to call her the moment I got it to tell the Congressional Office that the case had been handled...oh yup got in contact with my Congressman. So my mail comes late in the afternoon...went down today and the check was there...BIG PROBLEM...it was issued exactly the same way! Instead of just being in my name, it had my mother's name on it again...I called the Tax Advocate right away to let her know...guess what? The jerk is now on vacation and won't be back until July 28th! I'm going to try my luck Monday with my bank and the new check, but I doubt I'll be able to deposit it and will go through the same hassle all over again..it took me three months just to get this new check and it was issued wrong again!....Like I said I'm so discouraged not to mention depressed and am sitting here like a zombie not in the mood to do anything....I'm really not given to moodiness, but I'm sure moody as hell right now. I've cranked out a few letters including another one to my Congressman to give an update about this, plus the Comptroller of the Currency, my bank, and so forth. Like I said I'll try my luck on Monday with my bank, but I'm not very encouraged about it. So send some prayers my way that maybe I actually can deposit this check on Monday. Okay to turn this into a discussion...Have you ever hoped for a final settlement on something that was taking a long time and in your favor, only to have another setback again?