Avance v. Richards

David Newbern, Justice.

Smith and Etta Jordan, husband and wife, each wrote a holographic will on July 8, 1976. The documents contained common provisions leaving property to the survivor. Ms. Jordan survived Mr. Jordan. In 1990, Ms. Jordan placed money in a joint checking account with right of survivor-ship. The other person named as depositor was appellee Virginia Richards. At the time of Ms. Jordan’s death in 1995, the account contained approximately $121,700. Ms. Richards, who served as executrix of a later will executed by Ms. Jordan, removed the money from the account after being advised…