Simpson v. Schoenemann’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[w]e are here concerned only with whether either spouse possesses the legal right to withdraw all or any part of a bank account established in their joint names when the documents executed by the parties give each the right to withdraw all or any part of the account. Under these circumstances, it is immaterial whether the account is held in an estate by the entireties or a joint tenancy with right of survivorship.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 573 So. 2d 892 - In Re Guardianship of Medley

2. “the signature cards contain a sufficient statement of permission for one spouse to act for the other, so that Mrs. Simpson was within her contractual rights in closing out the seven accounts before she died.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 573 So. 2d 892 - In Re Guardianship of Medley

3. “The heart of the decision in the Hector Supply case is, as we read it, the fact that Sec. 708.09, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. allows for the passage of powers of attorney between the spouses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 573 So. 2d 892 - In Re Guardianship of Medley