Sadler v. Buskirk

*381OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Ruth Aun Sadler appeals from a decision of the Court of Appeals that affirmed an order of the Fayette Circuit Court denying her motion to declare that Appellee, Barbara Lois Van Buskirk, has no right to or interest in the Dreyfus Individual Retirement Account (IRA) owned by the late Richard I. Van Buskirk. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL , BACKGROUND

In 1986, while he was married to Appel-lee, Richard I. Van Buskirk established an IRA with the Dreyfus Family of Funds. When Richard set up…