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West Virginia · Through as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session · Newer source version available

W. Va. Code § 42-5-2: Beneficiaries of another person's disposition of property.

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  1. CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION.
  2. ARTICLE 5. UNIFORM SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT.

Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person's disposition of property and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respectively to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.

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