BARBOZA v. McLEOD


447 Mass. 468 (2006)

STANLEY BARBOZA & another, administrators, v. ANDREW McLEOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berman for the defendant.

Donald H. Barnes, Jr., for the plaintiffs.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

We granted the defendant's application for direct appellate review to determine whether the law of a joint account's situs governs ownership of the proceeds of the joint bank account, where the decedent established the joint account in another State and died in Massachusetts. At the time of her death, the decedent, Helen M. Zaborowski (decedent), held the joint account in a California credit union in her name and in the name of her nephew, the defendant...

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