COFFMAN v. ADKINS

No. 2-69373.

338 N.W.2d 540 (1983)

Lois L. COFFMAN and Janet M. Farrell, Co-Executors of the Estate of Lester Adkins, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edythe A. ADKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

August 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Hannan of Perkins, Sacks & Hannan, Council Bluffs, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard Peterson of the Peterson Law Offices, Council Bluffs, for defendant-appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON, SNELL, SCHLEGEL and HAYDEN, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court's decision determining that the defendant is the owner of certificates of deposit and bank accounts which defendant and decedent held in joint tenancy. We affirm the trial court's decree.

On December 1, 1969, the decedent, Lester Adkins, and the defendant, Edythe Adkins, nee Bledsoe, entered into an antenuptial agreement in which they retained the right to control and dispose of their separate estates as...

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