Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Cormier

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided September 25, 1990PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATHEN, Justice.

Beatrice Allen, personal representative of the Estate of Agathe Beaulieu, appeals from an order of the Aroostook County Probate Court (Dunleavy, J.) holding that a joint savings account in the name of Agathe Beaulieu and Clifford Cormier passed to the beneficiary under Cormier’s will. On appeal, Beatrice Allen contends that the court erred in concluding that her decedent did not become the legal owner of the account by right of survivorship and further, that the court committed error in finding, in the alternative, a gift from Agathe Beaulieu to the beneficiary under Cormier’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  2. In Re Sabrina M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  3. Clifford v. KleinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  4. Gledhill v. McCoombsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1913
  5. Brackett v. LarriveeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Westleigh v. CongerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  2. Estate of MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008

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