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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 397 UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT
397.1004 Co-owner with right of survivorship -- Requirement of survival by one hundred twenty (120) hours.
Download pdf(1) If it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one (1) of two (2) co- owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by one hundred
twenty (120) hours, one-half (1/2) of the property shall pass as if one (1) had
survived by one hundred twenty (120) hours and one-half (1/2) as if the other had
survived by one hundred twenty (120) hours. (2) If there are more than two (2) co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one (1) of them survived the others by one
hundred twenty (120) hours, the property shall pass in the proportion that each bears
to the whole number of co-owners. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 415, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998.
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