Cloud v. Brandt

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The instant case involves a dispute over the tide and distribution of certain property claimed by the estate of the decedent, Marion Isbell. The Lonoke County Circuit Court determined that several certificates of deposit (CDs) purchased by Marion in his own name with funds from a joint checking account were owned by Marion and his wife Marie as tenants by the entirety; the CDs, therefore, belonged to Marie by operation oflaw as the surviving tenant. Virginia Cloud, the executrix of Marion’s estate brings the instant appeal and alleges two points of error: (1)…