Cweren v. Danziger

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

The issue in this summary judgment appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled that the representative of the decedent’s estate proved, as a matter of law, that certain bank accounts are owned by the estate rather than by the joint account survivors. We reverse and remand.

Jennie Hochstein Reiches died on August 8, 1987. At her death, she left money in several bank accounts that are the subject of this appeal. I. Michael Danziger, the administrator of the estate, filed a declaratory judgment action to determine ownership to these various accounts. 1 On July…