Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Wilson
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided February 7, 2007No. 12-06-00075-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.
The trial court granted summary judgment that three joint accounts held by the deceased, Roy L. Wilson, and his surviving wife, Sharon V. Wilson, passed outside of Roy’s probate estate to Sharon. The independent executrix of Roy’s estate appeals, asserting in five issues that no right of survivorship was created by the documents establishing the joint accounts and that the accounts were part of Roy’s probate estate because of a court order approving her inventory and appraisement. We affirm.
Background
Roy and Sharon established two joint money market…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Crossmark, Inc. v. Hazar, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
- Stauffer v. HendersonTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- McKinley v. McKinleyTexas Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Mims-Brown, Rhonda v. Brown, Bessie R., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2014
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- Holmes v. Beatty, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
- Harry Holmes, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Thomas J. Holmes, and as Trustee of Any Trust Named as a Legatee in the Will of Thomas J. Holmes, SR. v. Douglas G. Beatty, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Kathryn v. Holmes, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007