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UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT (1991)(1993)

PURPOSE:
This Act provides that any persons who die within 120 hours of each other, by law, predecease each other. This rule keeps the property of one deceased person from passing through the estate of another deceased person before passing to those who survive both.

ORIGIN:
The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act was originally promulgated in 1940 and was adopted in 49 states. The 1991 Act was incorporated into the Uniform Probate Code Article II. The act was amended in 1993.

ENDORSED BY:
The American Bar Association