Title 19 — Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
11 chapters · 244 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 19-501 Definitions
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For the purposes of the chapter, the term: (1) “Co-owners with right of survivorship” includes joint tenants, tenants by the entireties, and other co-owners of property or accounts held under circumstances that entitles one or more to the whole of the property or account on the d…
D.C. Code § 19-502 Requirement of survival by 120 hours under probate laws
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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,…
D.C. Code § 19-503 Requirement of survival by 120 hours under governing instruments
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Except as provided in section 19-506 , for purposes of a provision of a governing instrument that relates to an individual surviving an event, including the death of another individual, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived the eve…
D.C. Code § 19-504 Co-owners with right of survivorship; requirement of survival by 120 hours
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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…
D.C. Code § 19-505 Evidence of death or status
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In addition to the rules of evidence, the following rules relating to a determination of death and status apply: (1) Death occurs when an individual is determined to be dead under section 7-601. (2) A certified or authenticated copy of a death certificate purporting to be issued …
D.C. Code § 19-506 Exceptions
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Survival by 120 hours is not required if: (1) The governing instrument contains language dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster and that language is operable under the facts of the case; (2) The governing instrument expressly indicates that an …
D.C. Code § 19-507 Protection of payors, bona fide purchasers, and other third parties; personal liability of recipient
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(a) A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a person designated in a governing instrument who, under this chapter, is not entitled to the payment or item of property, or for having taken any o…
D.C. Code § 19-508 Uniformity of application and construction
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This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among the states enacting it.
D.C. Code § 19-509 Application to existing relationships
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On the effective date of this chapter [April 27, 2001]: (1) An act done before the effective date in any proceeding and any accrued right is not impaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period of time that has c…