Kleinberg v. Heller

Literally tens of thousands of our citizens are parties to joint savings accounts.1 Yet the law relating to it has been in a state of morass, many of the cases which arise being treated very much on an ad hoc basis. Therefore, while I concur in the result here, I believe it well that the legal guidelines that have led me to that conclusion be spelled out.

The Surrogate before whom this very case was tried suggested the following summary for remarks on this subject which he delivered months after his decision here: "Perhaps in no other area of the law governing distribution of decedent’s…