CRAVER-FARRELL v. ANDERSON

Record No. 950793.

467 S.E.2d 770 (1996)

Lynn Cheryl Dale CRAVER-FARRELL, Administratrix C.T.A. of the Estate of Doris M. Dale, Deceased v. Gladys C. ANDERSON and Ralph L. Anderson.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Pomije, Portsmouth (Cooper, Spong & Davis, on briefs), for appellant.

Joel P. Crowe, Portsmouth (Oast, Hook, Crowe & Resolute, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.


HENRY H. WHITING, Senior Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the presumption of survivorship provided in Code § 6.1-125.5(A) applies to funds formerly held in joint bank accounts, but no longer so held at the time of the death of one of the parties to those accounts.

Since the survivors to the former joint accounts in issue prevailed in the trial court, we consider the evidence in the light most favorable to them. That evidence appears in the...

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