§ 19-503. Requirement of survival by 120 hours under governing instruments.

Current through October 23, 2012

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 event by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event.

                
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(Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 202, 48 DCR 2087.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 19-503.

1973 Ed., § 19-503.

Legislative History of Laws

For D.C. Law 13-292, see notes following § 19-501.

Miscellaneous Notes

This section was previously enacted by section 1 of Public Law 89-183, 79 Stat. 700, but repealed by implication by D.C. Law 13-292.

Uniform Law

This section is based upon § 3 of the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (1993 Act). See 8B Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on WESTLAW.