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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I have a situation where dad named daughter as POD of savings account. Approximately 6 months prior to dad’s death there was a family meeting where dad stated he was going
to put daughter down as POD so she could have immediate access to the funds to pay for the funeral expenses, etc. I have pasted (3) and (4) from RCW 30.22A.100. As you can see, a JTWROS designation can be rebutted by CC evidence. However, a POD situation
bestows no right. Anyone aware of or have any success asserting that a POD isn’t entitled to such funds in my scenario?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">RCW 30.22A.100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(3) Funds belonging to a deceased depositor which remain on deposit in a joint account with right of survivorship belong to the surviving depositors unless there is clear and
convincing evidence of a contrary intent at the time the account was created. If there is more than one individual having right of survivorship, the funds belong equally to the surviving depositors unless the contract of deposit otherwise provides. If there
is more than one surviving depositor, the rights of survivorship shall continue between the surviving depositors.<br>
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(4) Funds remaining on deposit in a trust or P.O.D. account belong to the trust or P.O.D. account beneficiary designated by the deceased depositor unless the account has also been designated as a joint account with right of survivorship, in which event the
funds remaining on deposit in the account do not belong to the trust or P.O.D. account beneficiary until the death of the last surviving depositor and the rights of the surviving depositors shall be determined by subsection (3) of this section. If the deceased
depositor has designated more than one trust or P.O.D. account beneficiary, and more than one of the beneficiaries survive the depositor, the funds belong equally to the surviving beneficiaries unless the depositor has specifically designated a different method
of distribution in the contract of deposit; if two or more beneficiaries survive, there is no right of survivorship as between them unless the terms of the account or deposit agreement expressly provide for rights of survivorship between the beneficiaries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Marcus J. Fry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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