Ross v. Barker

Grady, Judge.

This is an appeal by an executor of a decedent’s estate from an order of the probate court requiring the executor to repay to the estate funds expended by her from joint and survivor accounts owned by the executor and the decedent during the decedent’s lifetime, and to pay over to the estate funds remaining in those survivorship accounts after his death. The court’s order was based on its finding that the decedent did not understand the nature of joint and survivor accounts and was either misled or unduly influenced to place his assets in them.

On appeal, the executor argues that…