Finley v. Finley

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

In this suit Edna W. Finley, Plaintiff-Appellant, widow of Lester Finley, seeks to have determined that a certain bank account held jointly by her deceased husband and his two children, John G. Finley and Carol A. Finley Scoggins, Defendants-Ap-pellees, was fraudulently made with the intent to defeat her elective share of the estate and, consequently, under the provisions of T.C.A. 31-1-105, 1 void. The Trial Court, after a full evidentiary hearing, found that the Plaintiff had not carried the burden of proof and dismissed her suit. She appeals, contending the evidence…