In re Grancaric
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Spain, J.P
*1105When a bank account is opened in two names, “in form to be paid or delivered to either, or the survivor of them” (Banking Law § 675 [a]) and survivorship language appears on a joint bank account’s signature card, a statutory presumption arises that the parties intended to create a joint account with rights of survivorship (see Matter of Corcoran, 63 AD3d 93, 95 [2009]; Matter of Stalter, 270 AD2d 594, 595 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 760 [2000]; Matter of Camarda, 63 AD2d 837, 838 [1978]). Petitioner seeks to recover assets from six bank accounts held by decedent and Macri, two First…
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