· 9/2/2004
In Re Estate of Blake
Citations
- 856 A.2d 1151
- 2004 D.C. App. LEXIS 433
- 2004 WL 2033451
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- remanding the case for further proceedings to address the effect of the D.C. UNTDA, including intent, where the accounts were “designated specifically” as with rights of survivorship
- remanding when Act took effect three days before the trial court rendered its decision and where witnesses testified that decedent never intended appellant to have survivorship rights to the assets
- remanding when Act took effect three days before the trial court rendered its decision and where witnesses testified that decedent never intended appellant to have survivorship rights to the assets
- applying law of decedent’s domicil, rather than law of estate where account opened, where District of Columbia had substantially adopted Uniform Nonprobate Transfers on Death Act, 8B U.L.A. 191 [Master ed. 1993 & Supp. 2005]
- \The [UNTDA] does not effect a material change in the law with respect to whether the decedent made an inter vivos gift[.]\
- applying Act to account established before Act went into effect
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Judges: Ruiz, Glickman, Ferren
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