BEANE v. SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.

No. 4D09-3033.

47 So.3d 922 (2010)

Raymond A. BEANE, as personal representative of the Estate of Lillian G. Wilde, Appellant, v. SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. and Francis Wallin, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Pankauski , Allison R. Sabocik and Michele M. Lewis of Pankauski Law Firm, P.L.L.C., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carolyn B. Brombacher of May, Meacham & Davell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee SunTrust Banks, Inc.


LEVINE, J.

The issue presented is whether a bank is authorized to allow an individual with a durable power of attorney to transfer money from a Totten trust. We find the bank was authorized to honor the transfer of money and did not violate the enumerated powers of the durable power of attorney. We therefore affirm the trial court's dismissal of appellant's complaint.

In 2002, the decedent, Lillian Wilde, executed a durable power of attorney naming her niece...

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