State, Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services v. Lasater

Wahl, J.;

The trial court determined that title to Ruth Lasater’s home passed to her son outside her probate estate by virtue of his right of survivorship as a joint tenant. The Estate Recovery Unit of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) ap peals. The case was submitted to the trial court on an agreed stipulation of facts, which reads:

“1. On or about December 23, 1991, Ruth I. Lasater established the ‘Ruth I. Lasater Revocable Trust’ and signed a ‘Declaration of Trust Ownership,’ a copy of which is attached and marked for reference as Exhibit ‘A’;

“2. On September 28,…