Matter of Estate of Ashe

BAKES, Chief Justice.

In this probate proceeding, Sam Ashe, the husband of the deceased Esther Ashe, filed a petition which sought (1) to classify a certain brokerage account as a joint tenancy, and thus petitioner’s separate property as the surviving tenant, and (2) to classify certain real property as community property. The deceased’s children by a prior marriage, Jack Hurt et al., filed a response which sought (1) to classify the brokerage account as community property and thus subject to the provisions of the deceased’s will which left the deceased’s share to them, and (2) a determination…