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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A statute known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act provides that, where two persons who would inherit from each other (such as husband and wife), die under circumstances that make it difficult or impossible to determine who died first, each person's property is to be distributed as though he or she survived. This means, for example, that the husband's property will go to his relatives and the wife's property to her relatives.

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