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Multiple Party Bank Accounts in California

In California a joint bank account, or “multiple party account,” is presumed to belong to the surviving account holder. See California probate code 5302(a) which reads, in part, “…(a) Sums remaining on deposit at the death of a party to a joint account belong to the surviving party or parties as against the estate of the decedent […]

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