Section 7-5.4. Effect of payment  


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  • A financial institution which, upon the death of a depositor and prior
      to  service  upon  it  of  a  restraining  order,  injunction  or  other
      appropriate process from a court of competent  jurisdiction  prohibiting
      payment,  makes  payment to a beneficiary or if the beneficiary is under
      eighteen years of age, to the guardian of the property or to the  parent
      or  parents  of the infant beneficiary pursuant to section 7-5.3, shall,
      to the extent of such payment, be released from liability to any  person
      claiming  a  right  to  the  funds and the receipt or acquittance of the
      person to whom payment is made shall be a valid and  sufficient  release
      and discharge of the financial institution.