Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-1003
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Joint tenants or tenants by the entirety
Official statutory text
Where there is no sufficient evidence to establish that the two
joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than
simultaneously, the property so held shall be distributed one-half
(1/2) as if one had survived and one-half (1/2) as if the other had
survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them
have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the
proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants. The
term "joint tenants" includes owners of property held under
circumstances which entitled one or more to the whole of the
property on the death of the other or others.
joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than
simultaneously, the property so held shall be distributed one-half
(1/2) as if one had survived and one-half (1/2) as if the other had
survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them
have so died the property thus distributed shall be in the
proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants. The
term "joint tenants" includes owners of property held under
circumstances which entitled one or more to the whole of the
property on the death of the other or others.
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