§560:2-104  Requirement that heir survive
decedent for one hundred twenty hours.  An individual who fails to survive
the decedent by one hundred twenty hours is deemed to have predeceased the
decedent for purposes of homestead allowance, exempt property, and intestate
succession, and the decedent's heirs are determined accordingly.  If it is not
established by clear and convincing evidence that an individual who would
otherwise be an heir survived the decedent by one hundred twenty hours, it is
deemed that the individual failed to survive for the required period.  This
section is not to be applied if its application would result in a taking of
intestate estate by the State under section 560:2-105. [L 1996, c 288, pt of
§1]