§ 33-2-4. Joint tenants or tenants by entirety dying simultaneously.
Where there is no sufficient evidence that two (2) joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one-half (½) as if one had survived and one-half (½) as if the other had survived. If there are more than two (2) joint tenants and all of them have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.
History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1871, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 33-2-4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-2 - Simultaneous Deaths
Section 33-2-1. - Short title.
Section 33-2-2. - Presumption of survivorship as to each decedent.
Section 33-2-3. - Successive beneficiaries dying simultaneously.
Section 33-2-4. - Joint tenants or tenants by entirety dying simultaneously.
Section 33-2-5. - Insurance policies.
Section 33-2-6. - Chapter not retroactive.
Section 33-2-7. - Chapter inapplicable where other provisions made.