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Cal. Prob. Code § 5136

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Known as the California Multiple-Party Accounts Law

The act spans §§ 5100–5407 (38 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Higgins v. Higgins (2017)

Most recently applied in Higgins v. Higgins (May 2017)

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.

(a) “Party” means a person who, by the terms of the account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from a multiple-party account other than as an agent.

(b) A P.O.D. payee is a party, by reason of being a P.O.D. payee, only after the account becomes payable to the payee by reason of surviving all persons named as original payees.

(c) A beneficiary of a Totten trust account is a party, by reason of being a beneficiary, only after the account becomes payable to the beneficiary by reason of surviving all persons named as trustees.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.