It shall be presumed that the deaths of husband and wife were simultaneous when there is no evidence to indicate the priority of death of either.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-440a
(1949 Rev., S. 7048.)
Annotation to former section 45-261: Where husband and wife perish in same disaster and there is no conclusive evidence who died first, method provided for distribution in statute will apply. 16 CS 441.