Zeisel

Dorothy R. Zeisel, the surviving widow of and executrix of the estate of Ben Zeisel, appeals from an order of the probate court directing the transfer from the estate to Kathy Jo Zeisel, the decedent’s daughter, of one-half the amount in two savings and loan accounts standing in the name of the decedent at the time of his death.

Facts

*519 From March 9, 1976, through May 4, 1977, the decedent and his wife Minerva opened a number of accounts at Great Western Savings and Loan Association. Accounts identified as 924-6, 921-4, and 206-6 were opened in the names of the decedent and Minerva as joint tenants with initial deposits of $6,000, $3,000 and $125,000, respectively. An account identified as 602-7 was opened with an initial deposit of $5,000 in the names of the decedent, Minerva and their daughter Kathy Jo Zeisel, all as joint tenants. On May 11, 1977, one week after they had opened the $125,000 account (206-6) the decedent and Minerva added the daughter’s name to that account as a joint tenant. The daughter signed the account card of each account on which she was named as a joint tenant.

On June 13,1977, Minerva died. In the course of probating Minerva’s estate,…