Schacht v. Kunimune

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A son opened joint checking and savings accounts with his father. A few years later the son was injured in a car accident, settled his claim against the other driver, and deposited the settlement check into his joint savings account. A creditor of the father later levied the joint accounts and obtained approximately $ 90,000-essentially all of it traceable to the son's settlement money-in partial satisfaction of the creditor's judgment against the father. The son intervened in the collection action, arguing that the money should be returned to him because he…