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 had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-3-5
Disposition of property in absence of evidence of survivorship
Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Law
The act spans §§ 91–91 (8 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 840 So. 2d 703 - In Re Estate of Miller (2003)
Most recently applied in 840 So. 2d 703 - In Re Estate of Miller (March 2003)
Codes, 1942, § 479-01; Laws, 1956, ch. 214, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1956.
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