Williams v. Williams

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

The question presented here is whether the trial court erred in concluding that a certain certificate of deposit, payable to the plaintiff’s late husband or his daughter, was a product of marital joint industry entitling the widow to one-half of its proceeds.

We answer in the affirmative.

I

The operative facts are not in dispute. This action was instituted by Opal Loraine Williams against two of her deceased husband’s children, Mary Beth Williams and J. David Williams, to establish a “surviving spouse” right to certain property once owned by her late husband, J.U. Williams. On…