Prob. Code, § 5136 · Article 2. Definitions
Prob. Code, § 5136
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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