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

Connecticut § 45a-440a
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 45aProbate Courts and Procedure
Ch. 802bDecedents' Estates

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-440a (2026).

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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.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 7048.) History: Sec. 45-261 transferred to Sec. 45-287a in 1981; Sec. 45-287a transferred to Sec. 45a-440a in 1991. 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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