DIVISION 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS 100-890›PART 5. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH 220-234›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 220-226

§ 220

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if the title to property or the devolution of property depends upon priority of death and it cannot be established by clear and convincing evidence that one of the persons survived the other, the property of each person shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt with, as if that person had survived the other.

(Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.)

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