Probate Code section 5136

(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.

Source: Section 5136, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=5136.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1990; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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