District of Columbia § 19-502 Requirement of survival by 120 hours under probate laws.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-502 — Requirement of survival by 120 hours under probate laws.

District of Columbia § 19-502

Title 19Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]

Ch. 5Simultaneous Deaths; Uniform Law.

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D.C. Code § 19-502 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in section 19-506, if the title to property, the devolution of property, the right to elect an interest in property, or the right to exempt property, homestead or family allowance depends upon an individual’s survivorship of the death of another individual, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived the other individual by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual.

(b)This section does not apply if its application would result in a taking of intestate estate by the District of Columbia.

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(a) Except as provided in section 19-506, if the title to property, the devolution of property, the right to elect an interest in property, or the right to exempt property, homestead or family allowance depends upon an individual’s survivorship of the death of another individual, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived the other individual by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual.

(b) This section does not apply if its application would result in a taking of intestate estate by the District of Columbia.