Blessing v. Nicholas

In this probate proceeding, the objector (Nicholas) and the personal representative (Blessing) are the daughters of the decedent. Nicholas objected to Blessing’s final account, contending that a certificate of deposit, a money market account and a checking account at Western Bank, which Blessing asserts were jointly owned by the decedent and her and passed to her by right of survivorship, should have been included as assets of the estate and distributed equally to the daughters under the will. The trial court rejected the objections, approved the final account and entered a decree of…