Michigan Laws 490.55 – Death of party; effect
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 490.55
- Account: means a contract of deposit of funds between depositors and credit unions, and includes deposit accounts, members or share accounts and other like arrangements whether or not they may be characterized as refundable capital investments. See Michigan Laws 490.51
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Party: means a person who, alone or in conjunction with another, by the terms of the account or as a surviving beneficiary of a trust account, has a present right of withdrawal in a multiple-party account. See Michigan Laws 490.51
- Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
The death of any party to a multiple-party account shall have no effect on the beneficial ownership of the account, other than to transfer the decedent‘s right to his estate, unless the account is a survivorship account or trust account, as provided in section 6 and 7.