Lewis v. Estate of Turcol

PETERSON, Judge.

Donna L. Lewis appeals an order overruling her objection to the inventory filed in the Estate of John J. Tureol, deceased. The inventory included a promissory note naming Lewis and Tureol as payees with no other language indicating any relationship between the two, as well as a mortgage securing the note that designates mortgagees Lewis and Tureol “as joint tenants with right of surviv-orship and not as tenants in common.” Lewis’ objection alleged that the note and mortgage passed to her upon Turcol’s death and was improperly included in the inventory. The trial court…