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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…