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§ 10-802. Beneficiaries of property

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial Proceedings

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 10. Evidence (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 8. Simultaneous Death (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 10-802
§ 10-802. Beneficiaries of property
Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively because of survivorship under another person's disposition of property and there is not sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died other than simultaneously, the property disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries, and these portions shall be distributed to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.

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Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Formerly Art. 35, § 84.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 10-802, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 10-802
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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