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In the fall of 2024, the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) mailed letters to parents who once had an open dependency and/or severance case.

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Pay on death designation

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Pay on death designation

Pay on death designation or "POD" means the designation of:

  • A beneficiary in an account payable on request to one person during the lifetime of the person and on the death of a person to one or more beneficiaries or to one or more persons during their lifetimes and on the death of all of them to one or more beneficiaries.
  • A beneficiary in an account in the name of one or more persons as trustee for one or more beneficiaries if the relationship is established by the terms of the account and there is no subject of the trust other than the sums on deposit in the account, whether or not payment to the beneficiary is mentioned.

Synonyms: POD

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