Rhode Island General Laws 33-2-3. Successive beneficiaries dying simultaneously
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Where two (2) or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person‘s disposition of property and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respectively to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.
History of Section.
P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-2-3
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6