A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in an account with a pay on death designation to:
- 1. One or more of the parties, whether or not another party is a party with disabilities, incapacitated or deceased when the payment is requested and whether or not a party survives another party.
- 2. The beneficiary or beneficiaries, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the beneficiary or beneficiaries survived all persons named as parties.
- 3. The personal representative or, if there is none, the heirs or devisees of a deceased party, if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as a party or beneficiary.