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 or she had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-2
Presumption of survivorship as to each decedent
Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
The act spans §§ 33-2-1 to 33-2-9 (9 sections).
P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-2.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.