[WSBAPT] bank account of deceased

[tjw at w3net.net]

Haven't run into this one before. Deceased left a bank account with Sound
Credit Union in Tacoma with about $46k in it. Decedent was married to
husband A and divorced in 2012. Dissolution Decree left the bank account to
Decedent. The bank account was in both names of Decedent and husband A and
husband A was the named beneficiary. In 2018 Decedent was remarried but she
never took any action to change the beneficiary of the bank account.
Decedent passed unexpectedly in a private airplane accident last July along
with her new husband B. Sound Credit says they will honor the terms of the
Disso Decree but since the bank account names husband A as beneficiary, he
is the one entitled to the funds.

 

Do any of you know if there is a provision like RCW 11.12.051 that also
terminates any non-testamentary gifts to a beneficiary? Seems like equity
would follow that line but as we all know, banks and equity are not a good
match.

 

Sincerely,

 

Tom

 

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