Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Adams

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 28, 1990No. 88-120PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.

Appellant Caryl T. Adams, a residuary legatee of the estate of decedent, Bertha Mae Adams, appeals from a superior court judgment order disposing of certain assets of the estate and granting the executor a fee greater than the statutory amount. We affirm.

Appellant argues that three bank accounts should have been included in the estate because there was no clear and convincing evidence that the accounts were joint accounts with rights of survivorship, otherwise known as absolute joint accounts. He also argues that a fourth account should have been included in the estate because it did not…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of TottenNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Thompson v. BottsOhio Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Bristol-Myers Co. v. PickerNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  4. Seymour v. SeymourSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  5. Sullivan v. HudginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brousseau v. BrousseauSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  2. Foucher v. First Vermont Bank & Trust Co.District Court, D. Vermont · 1993
  3. Massey v. HrostekSupreme Court of Vermont · 2009
  4. In re Estate of PicheSupreme Court of Vermont · 1997
  5. In Re the Estate of FarrarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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