Proceeds of Insurance Policy in Simultaneous Death

15 GCA § 1307 — under Simultaneous Death.

15 GCA § 1307

Situation. Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have

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died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of such insurance policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary. SOURCE: California Probate Code, § 296.3. COMMENT: Section 1307 is similar to the provisions of § 4 of the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; see 9A Uniform Laws Annotated.