District of Columbia § 19-504 Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-504 — Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours.

District of Columbia § 19-504

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

Ch. 5Simultaneous Deaths; Uniform Law.

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D.C. Code § 19-504 (2026).

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Except as provided in section 19-506 :

(1)If it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of 2 co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one-half as if the other had survived by 120 hours; and

(2)If there are more than 2 co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.

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Except as provided in section 19-506 :

(1) If it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of 2 co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one-half as if the other had survived by 120 hours; and

(2) If there are more than 2 co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.