Jordan v. Burgbacher

OPINION

WILLIAM J. O’NEIL, Superior Court Judge. 1

The special administrator of the estate of Ralph B. Burgbacher, Jr., appeals from a judgment awarding decedent’s widow, appellee Susan Burgbacher, the proceeds of three payable on death (POD) bank certificates of deposit (CDs), which had been the separate property of the decedent. The appeal raises the following questions:(1) Whether the trial court erred in concluding as a matter of law that appellee was the POD payee on each of decedent’s separate property CDs; and(2) Whether the trial court erred in concluding appellee retained her…