Estate of Redden Ex Rel. Morley v. Redden

JACKSON, Judge.

This case is heard on remand from the Supreme Court. A more complete recitation of the facts may be found in the original opinion, Estate of Redden v. Redden, 179 N.C. App. 113, 632 S.E.2d 794 (2006); however, for the convenience of the reader, a summary of the facts is set forth below.

Barbara Jean Redden (“defendant”) was married .to Monroe M. Redden, Jr. (“decedent”), who maintained various bank accounts at First Union National Bank, including money market account number 1010044300784 (“Account 784”) that was held only in decedent’s name. In June 2000, decedent executed a…