2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code
ARTICLE 6 - NONPROBATE TRANSFERS
SECTION 62-6-109. Financial institution protection; payment after death or disability; joint account.
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Unless a contrary intent is manifested by the terms of the account or the deposit agreement, any sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded; but payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased party unless proofs of death are presented to the financial institution showing that the decedent was the last surviving party or unless there is no right of survivorship under Section 62-6-104.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 171, Section 73.
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