MATTER OF ESTATE OF FRANCIS

No. 342PA89.

394 S.E.2d 150 (1990)

327 N.C. 101

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Vida P. FRANCIS, Deceased. (appealed by Iva P. Marshall).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Bell & Francisco by George Francisco, Dobson, for petitioner-appellee.

V. Talmage Hiatt, Mt. Airy, for appellants.


FRYE, Justice.

The issues in this case are (1) whether a deceased spouse's joint bank accounts with right of survivorship with a non-spouse, established pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 41-2.1(a), should be included in the computation of the decedent's net estate for determining a surviving spouse's right to dissent from the deceased spouse's will; and (2) whether property owned as tenants by the entirety should be included in the decedent's net estate and in the computation...

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