Estate of Wegner v. Tesche

¶1 When Corrine D. Wegner died, her principal asset was real estate she owned with Maxine Tesche in joint tenancy. Her personal representative believed that Wegner and Tesche intended the joint tenancy title to be a financing device that gave Tesche an equitable mortgage, not survivorship rights, and he sued Tesche in an attempt to acquire title to the property. The personal representative incurred fees and expenses investigating the issue but, after concluding that the estate was unlikely to recover the property, dismissed the claims against Tesche. The personal representative then sought to…