In Re Estate of Jenkins

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County.

Michele A. Jenkins and Jeffrey Jenkins were married on July 23, 1982. They were killed simultaneously in an automobile accident on February 3, 1984. At the time of decedents’ deaths, there existed a Big Bear Credit Union account containing approximately $10,443.77, with both Michele Jenkins and Jeffrey Jenkins named as joint owners with rights of survivorship. The administrators for both estates filed actions under R.C. 2107.46 in the Madison County Probate Court seeking instructions as to certain…