California Probate Code CHAPTER 3 - Ownership Between Parties and Their Creditors and Successors

• Section 5301.
  (a) An account belongs, during the lifetime of all parties, to the parties in proportion to the net contributions by each, unless there is clear and...
• Section 5302.
  Subject to Section 5040:(a) Sums remaining on deposit at the death of a party to a joint account belong to the surviving party or parties as...
• Section 5303.
  (a) The provisions of Section 5302 as to rights of survivorship are determined by the form of the account at the death of a party.(b) Once established,...
• Section 5304.
  Any transfers resulting from the application of Section 5302 are effective by reason of the account contracts involved and this part and are not to...
• Section 5305.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 5301 to 5303, inclusive, if parties to an account are married to each other, whether or not they are so described in the...
• Section 5306.
  For the purposes of this chapter, if an account is expressly described in the deposit agreement as a “tenancy in common” account, no right of...
• Section 5307.
  For the purposes of this chapter, except to the extent the terms of the account or deposit agreement expressly provide otherwise, if the parties to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018