Grass v. Grass

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendants, Kenneth Grass, as executor of the estate of Ethel H. Grass, and Ronald Grass, appeal from the judgment rendered by the trial court that sustained the appeal by the plaintiff, Carol Grass, from an order of the Probate Court for the district of Madison.1 The defendants2 claim that the trial court improperly *659(1) determined that the bank account at issue was a joint deposit account within the meaning of General Statutes § 36a-290 and (2) imposed on the defendants the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent did not intend to create…