Taufen v. Estate of Kirpes

¶1 A presumption attaches to a joint tenancy with right of survivorship account that the signatories to the account intended title to the proceeds to vest in the surviving signatory. But the presumption is rebuttable. *600Here, the trial court found that a bank employee, not the now deceased signatory, created the joint account with right of survivorship. And that finding will not support the trial court’s conclusion that the decedent here intended to create a joint account with right of survivorship. We, therefore, reverse the judgment in favor of the surviving signatory and remand for entry of…