Rosecrans v. Eden’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 402 So. 2d 606 - State v. Hawkins · 469 So. 2d 743 - Florida Bar Re: Petition to Amend the Bylaws Under the Integration Rule of the Florida Bar · First National Bank of Leesburg v. Hector Supply Co. · 383 So. 2d 301 - Drozinski v. Straub · 466 So. 2d 1055 - In Re Estate of Gainer
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“655.79 Deposits and accounts in two or more names; presumption as to vesting on death.— (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in a contract, agreement, or signature card executed in connection with the opening or maintenance of an account, including a certificate of deposit, a deposit account in the names of two or more persons shall be presumed to have been intended by such persons to provide that, upon the death of any one of them, all rights, title, interest, and claim in, to, and in respect of such deposit account, less all proper setoffs and charges in favor of the institution, vest in the surviving person or persons. (2) The presumption created in this section may be overcome only by proof of fraud , or undue influence or clear and convincing proof of a contrary intent. In the absence of such proof, all rights, title, interest, and claims in, to, and in respect of such deposits and account and the additions thereto, and the obligation of the institution created thereby, less all proper setoffs and charges in favor of the institution against any one or more of such persons, upon the death of any such person, vest in the surviving person or persons, notwithstanding the absence of proof of any donative intent or delivery, possession, dominion, control, or acceptance on the part of any person and notwithstanding that the provisions hereof may constitute or cause a vesting or disposition of property or rights or interests therein, testamentary in nature, which, except for ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Herring v. Henderson
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