Section 5136 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Probate Code >> Division 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (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.