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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-1. Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Simultaneous Death Act”.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-2. Presumption of survivorship as to each decedent
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Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if he or she had survived, except as provided oth…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-3. Successive beneficiaries dying simultaneously
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Where two (2) or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person’s disposition of property and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than simultaneously the property thus disposed of shal…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-4. Joint tenants or tenants by entirety dying simultaneously
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Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one-half (½) as if one had survived and one-half (½) as if the other had survived. If there are more than …