Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Hodge
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided February 6, 2003No. CIV.A.1998-0081APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This matter is before the Court on an appeal by the co-executors of the Estate of Ismerelda Hodge from an interlocutory order entered December 30, 1997 by the Territorial Court declaring inter alia that the joint bank account at issue is a non-probate asset that can neither be demised, bequeathed, nor altered by a will because the account carries rights of survivorship and passes title automatically to the named surviving account holder. For reasons that follow, the appeal shall be dismissed.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 1, 1996, Ismerelda Hodge died testate.…
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