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KRS 397.1004

Co-owner with right of survivorship -- Requirement of survival by one hundred twenty (120) hours

Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

The act spans §§ 397.010 to 397.1009 (17 sections).

Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky

Except as provided in KRS 397.1006:

(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.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.