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DEUTSCH, LARRIMORE & FARNISH v. JOHNSON

848 A.2d 137 (2004)

DEUTSCH, LARRIMORE & FARNISH, P.C., Appellant, v. Joyce & William JOHNSON and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc., Appellees. Ruth S. Libros, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale G. Larrimore, Esq., Thomas S. Farnish, Esq., for Deutsch, Larrimore & Farnish, P.C.

Alan Gershenson, Esq., for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Inc.

Joyce and William Johnson, for Joyce and William Johnson, pro se.

Joshua Sarner, Esq., Leonard Sarner, Esq., for Ruth S. Libros.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, and LAMB, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice NEWMAN.

In this appeal, we must determine whether a judgment creditor can attach the funds in a joint account where the judgment is lodged against a noncontributing party to that joint account. Reduced to its essence, the real question is whether Joyce Johnston (Daughter) has a sufficient present interest in the joint account established by her mother, Ruth Libros (Libros), an intervenor in the...

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