Jensen v. Daniels

Within days of Maurice Lopes’s death, his nephew, the defendant William Daniels (William), removed approximately $235,000 from four bank accounts then standing in their joint names. The plaintiff, Germania Jensen, Lopes’s sister and the executrix of his estate, commenced an action against William and his wife, Olivia, in the Probate and Family Court in which she sought an order requiring William to turn over to the estate the funds he had taken from the accounts.3 In addition, she sought an order requiring William and Olivia to turn over the proceeds of two $10,000 checks Lopes had given them…