South Carolina Code 62-6-302. Multiple-party accounts may be paid on request to one or more parties
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A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in a multiple-party account:
(1) to one or more of the parties, whether or not another party is disabled, incapacitated, or deceased when payment is requested and whether or not the party making the request survives another party;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 62-6-302
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
(2) to the personal representative of a deceased party, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as a party or beneficiary, unless the account is without right of survivorship under § 62-6-202; or
(3) in accordance with a court order directing the payment of the sums on deposit.