Title 2 — Title 2 — Wills, Decedents' Estates And Probate Code
18 chapters · 466 sections in this title.
W.S. § 2-13-101 Short title
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Short title. (a) This act may be cited as the "Uniform Simultaneous Death Act". (b) "This act", when used in chapter 13 of the Probate Code, means W.S. 2-13-101 through 2-13-107.
W.S. § 2-13-102 Applicability of provisions
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Applicability of provisions. This act does not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds or contracts of insurance wherein provision is made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this act.
W.S. § 2-13-103 survivorship
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survivorship. Disposition of property based on presumption of Where the title to property or the devolution thereto 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 di…
W.S. § 2-13-104 Beneficiaries
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Beneficiaries. 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 d…
W.S. § 2-13-105 Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety
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Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety. 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 (1/2) as if one (1) had survived and one-half (1/2) as …
W.S. § 2-13-106 Life or accident insurance proceeds
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Life or accident insurance proceeds. 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 died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured h…
W.S. § 2-13-107 Construction and interpretation
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Construction and interpretation. This act shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.