How does the wife of his noncontemporaneous brother [release her co-wives]? [There were] two brothers, one of whom died, and [then another] brother was born; subsequently, the second one performed yibum with his brother's widow and died —- the first is discharged as the wife of his noncontemporaneous brother, and the second as her co-wife. [If] he performed maamar with her and then died —- the second requires chalitzah but may not be taken in yibum.

[If there were] two brothers, and one of them died, and the second [then] performed yibum with his brother's widow; subsequently, another brother was born, and then he died —- the first is discharged as the wife of his non-contemporaneous brother, and the second as her co-wife.  [If] he performed maamar with her and [then] died —- the second requires chalitzah but may not be taken in yibum. R' Shimon says: He may perform yibum with whichever of them he wishes, or perform chalitzah with whichever of them he wishes.