Sandstead v. Corona (In re Estate of Sandstead)

JUDGE TAUBMAN, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶ 77 This case illustrates what happens when a decedent tries, and fails, to avoid probate by passing her property in joint tenancy to two of her three heirs. It is an exercise in asset transfers gone awry. Because I disagree with the majority that the Citizens Bank estate account established by Vicki J. Sandstead (Sandstead), the original personal representative (PR) of the estate and one of the daughters of decedent Auriel Sandstead (Auriel), was not estate property and that the original Citizens Bank accounts did not fit within an…