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Family testimony and experts back 120‑hour survivorship rule to avoid minute‑by‑minute probate fights
House Judiciary Committee · February 11, 2026
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Summary
Delegate Congola and supporters urged adoption of a 120‑hour simultaneous‑death rule to prevent duplicative probate and avoid disinheritance when family members die within days or hours of one another; a bereaved daughter described ongoing litigation and emotional toll.
Delegate Latoya Congola asked the committee to adopt House Bill 596, a technical update to Maryland’s survivorship rules that would apply a 120‑hour rule for intestate succession and mirror the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act model adopted in many states. The rule treats two people who die within 120 hours…
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