Title: In re Estate of Mayer

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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In re Estate of Mayer, Deceased.                                                 
[Cite as In re Estate of Mayer (1994),     Ohio St.3d    .]                      
Probate -- Joint and survivorship accounts -- Survivorship                       
     rights to sums remaining on deposit at death of depositor                   
     not defeated by extrinsic evidence that decedent did not                    
     intend to create in surviving party a present interest in                   
     the account during decedent's lifetime -- Opening of                        
     account is conclusive evidence of intention to transfer to                  
     surviving party a survivorship interest in balance                          
     remaining in account at death.                                              
     (No. 94-797 -- Submitted December 20, 1994 -- Decided                       
December 30, 1994.)                                                              
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County, No.                      
L-93-131.                                                                        
                                                                                 
     Wasserman, Bryan, Landry & Honold, John A. Landry and John                  
C. Wasserman, for appellees Gary Blumenthal, Warner Blumenthal                   
and Walter Blumenthal.                                                           
     Eastman & Smith, James F. Nooney and John D. Willey, Jr.,                   
for appellant Jane Markwood.                                                     
                                                                                 
     Sua sponte, the judgment of the court of appeals is                         
reversed and the cause is remanded to that court for                             
consideration of the appeal in light of Wright v. Bloom (1994),                  
69 Ohio St.3d 596, 635 N.E.2d 31.                                                
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer,                     
JJ., concur.