Section 222 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Probate Code >> Division 2. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) If property is so disposed of that the right of a
beneficiary to succeed to any interest in the property is conditional
upon surviving another person and it cannot be established by clear
and convincing evidence that the beneficiary survived the other
person, the beneficiary is deemed not to have survived the other
person.
(b) If property is so disposed of that one of two or more
beneficiaries would have been entitled to the property if he or she
had survived the others, and it cannot be established by clear and
convincing evidence that any beneficiary survived any other
beneficiary, the property shall be divided into as many equal
portions as there are beneficiaries and the portion of each
beneficiary shall be administered or distributed, or otherwise dealt
with, as if that beneficiary had survived the other beneficiaries.