Pennsylvania Statutes Title 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries § 6302. Applicability of chapter

The provisions of this chapter are applicable solely to the determination of property rights among parties to multiple-party accounts and all claims made through them but do not apply to and do not affect financial institutions or their rights and liabilities with respect to multiple-party accounts, which shall be determined exclusively by applicable law other than this chapter. No right or claim against a financial institution may be based on this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the taxability of transfers under the act of June 15, 1961 (P.L. 373, No. 207), known as the “Inheritance and Estate Tax Act of 1961.”  1