Kroslack v. Estate of Kroslack

GARRARD, Judge.

Joseph Kroslack, Senior (decedent) died on August 31, 1980, leaving a will which named his son, Joseph Kroslack, Junior (son) as executor. The will explicitly stated that the decedent's widow, Mary L. Kros-lack (widow), should take nothing under it. It appears that at his death the decedent owned several joint and pay-on-death bank accounts, the primary beneficiary of which was the son, Joseph Kroslack, Junior. These accounts contained approximately Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000).

Under IC 32-4-1.5-7, the beneficiaries of such joint accounts are liable to the estate for the…