Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
uniform act
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:USDA
gptkbp:appliesTo inheritance law
gptkbp:category probate law
estate law
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1940
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Uniform_Law_Commission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
gptkbp:influenced state succession laws
gptkbp:provides if there is no sufficient evidence of the order of death, each person is deemed to have predeceased the other for inheritance purposes
gptkbp:purpose to provide legal guidance when two or more people die simultaneously
gptkbp:updated 1991
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Uniform_Law_Commission
gptkb:Uniform_acts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6