Simultaneous Deaths

Question 1

REVISED Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (RUSDA)

Answer 1

If two people die w/in 120 hours (5 days) of each other, and there is no proof that one survived more than 120 hours (5 days) than the other, you are to presume that each predeceased the other depending on whose property you are distributing.

Question 2

RUSDA & Jointly-Held Property [joint bank accounts, tenants by the entirety, etc]

Answer 2

RUSDA theoretically severs the right of survivorship in cases of jointly-held property and the property passes as though there was a tenancy in common w/ each spouse predeceasing the other depending on whose property you are distributing.

Question 3

NOTE: RUSDA ONLY APPLIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING THE ESTATE OF SOMEONE WHO DIED SIMULTANEOUSLY W/ A BENEFICIARY OR CO-TENANT.

Answer 3

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