# Courts and Judicial Proceedings (GCJ)

## Title 10. Evidence

### Subtitle 8. Simultaneous Death

#### Section 10-804

(a) Except as provided in Sec. 10-806 of this subtitle, if it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of two co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by at least 120 hours:

  (1) One-half of the property shall pass as if one co-owner had survived by at least 120 hours; and

  (2) One-half of the property shall pass as if the other co-owner had survived by at least 120 hours.

(b) Except as provided in Sec. 10-806 of this subtitle, if there are more than two co-owners with right of survivorship and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of the co-owners survived the others by at least 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners.

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Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)