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Section 62-1-505. Right or benefit that depends on surviving the death of a decedent's killer.

SC Code § 62-1-505 (2019) (N/A)
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code, solely for the purpose of determining whether a decedent is entitled to any right or benefit that depends on surviving the death of a decedent's killer under Section 62-2-803, the killer is deemed to have predeceased the decedent, and the decedent is deemed to have survived the killer by at least one hundred twenty hours, or any greater survival period required of the decedent under the killer's will or other governing instrument, unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence that the killer survived the victim by at least one hundred twenty hours.

HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws: Former Section 62-1-505 was titled Insured and beneficiary, and had the following history: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1.

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