Sec. 45a-440a. (Formerly Sec. 45-287a). When deaths of husband and wife presumed simultaneous.
Sec. 45a-440a. (Formerly Sec. 45-287a). When deaths of husband and wife
presumed simultaneous. It shall be presumed that the deaths of husband and wife were
simultaneous when there is no evidence to indicate the priority of death of either.
(1949 Rev., S. 7048.)
History: Sec. 45-261 transferred to Sec. 45-287a in 1981; Sec. 45-287a transferred to Sec. 45a-440a in 1991.
See Sec. 45a-440 re disposition of property in cases involving simultaneous death.
Annotation to former section 45-261:
Where husband and wife perish in same disaster and there is no conclusive evidence who died first, method provided
for distribution in statute will apply. 16 CS 441.