Opinion ID: 1176286
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Administration of Multiple-Party Accounts

Text: Appellant also contends that funds obtained from the multiple-party accounts for payment of claims against the estate should have been administered by her as part of the estate. However, she also concedes that neither she nor the estate suffered any monetary losses as a result and merely states that the court's failure to enforce the provisions of section 75-6-107 had the potential of damaging her credit and reputation. A potential claim is an issue we choose not to reach. Last, appellant claims that amounts ordered to be paid to her from the multiple-party accounts should have included an award of interest. She does not base that claim on statutory provisions, but strictly on a theory of quantum meruit. Although principles of law and equity supplement the provisions of the UUPC unless displaced by particular provisions of the Code, § 75-1-103, that theory is unavailable to appellant under the facts of this case. Mrs. Beers paid amounts owing by the estate from funds in the multiple-party accounts owned by her after Wagley's death. She therefore was not unduly enriched at the expense of appellant, whose only claim to the funds arose under statute. Mrs. Beers did not retain money or benefits that in justice and equity belonged to appellant. See generally Berrett v. Stevens, 690 P.2d 553, 557 (Utah 1984). The trial court's award of the furniture to the estate is affirmed. The trial court's appraisal of the furniture and miscellaneous personal property is vacated and appellant is instructed to obtain an independent appraisal on the furniture and to list the original appraisal of $85 for the miscellaneous personal property. The case is remanded for an award of exempt property to make up the deficiency between the appraised value of the personal property and the ceiling of $3,500 allowed under section 75-2-402. The amount is to be paid from the multiple-party accounts.