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MARYLAND NAT'L BANK v. PEARCE

No. 65, September Term, 1992.

329 Md. 602 (1993)

620 A.2d 941

MARYLAND NATIONAL BANK v. RUTH ELLEN PEARCE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied April 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard R. Vetter (Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, both on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Charles M. Kerr (Irwin, Kerr, Green, McDonald and Dexter and Kathleen M. McDonald, Caroline A. Griffin, all on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (Retired), Specially Assigned.

KARWACKI, Judge.

This case concerns the duty of a bank under Maryland Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.), § 11-603 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, to impound funds held in a joint account of a husband and wife when an attachment is laid in its hands by a judgment creditor of the husband only. At the time the garnishment was initiated, § 11-603, which was enacted by Ch. 818 of the Acts of 1989, provided:

"(a) Spousal property. —...

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