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.
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.