In re the Estate of Coppola

Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from an order of Surrogate’s Court of Montgomery County (Mycek, S.), entered December 6, 1991, which, inter alia, sustained an objection to the supplemental account of the estate of Elizabeth G. Coppola.

The discrete issue herein is whether Surrogate’s Court properly found that a bank account held in the name of "Elizabeth G. Coppola or Patricia Golden Patricia Golden POA” was created solely for decedent’s convenience and, therefore, should be listed as an estate asset.

Elizabeth G. Coppola (hereinafter decedent), a widow, was diagnosed as having terminal cancer sometime in…