Connecticut General Statutes/Title 45a/Chapter 802b/Section 45a-440a

CGS § 45a-440a. (Formerly Sec. 45-287a). When deaths of husband and wife presumed simultaneous.

It shall be presumed that the deaths of husband and wife were simultaneous when there is no evidence to indicate the priority of death of either.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 7048.)

Long History

History: Sec. 45-261 transferred to Sec. 45-287a in 1981; Sec. 45-287a transferred to Sec. 45a-440a in 1991.

Citations

Annotation to former section 45-261:

Where husband and wife perish in same disaster and there is no conclusive evidence who died first, method provided for distribution in statute will apply. 16 CS 441.

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