Matter of Estate of Francis

394 S.E.2d 150 (1990)

327 N.C. 101

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Vida P. FRANCIS, Deceased.

(appealed by Iva P. Marshall).

No. 342PA89.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 26, 1990.

Johnson, Bell & Francisco by George Francisco, Dobson, for petitioner-appellee.

V. Talmage Hiatt, Mt. Airy, for appellants.

FRYE, Justice.

The issues in this case are (1) whether a deceased spouse's joint bank accounts with right of survivorship with a non-spouse, established pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 41-2.1(a), should be included in the computation of the decedent's net estate for determining a surviving spouse's right to…