Under the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act, If a Husband and Wife

question 14

Multiple Choice

Under the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act, if a husband and wife die under circumstances that make it difficult or impossible to determine who died first, the _____.

• A) husband's property will go to his relatives and the wife's property to her relatives
• B) husband's property will automatically be distributed among his siblings
• C) wife's property will revert to the state
• D) entire property will automatically be distributed among the husband's relatives

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