§ 28-9-212. Computing degrees of consanguinity
(a) (1) In computing the degrees of relationship between any two (2) kinsmen who are not related in a direct line of ascent or descent, it is proper to start with the common ancestor of the kinsmen and count downwards. In whatever degree the kinsmen or the more remote of them is distant from the […]
§ 28-9-213. Kinsmen of the half blood
An intestate’s kinsmen of the half blood will inherit the intestate’s real or personal property to the same extent as if they were the intestate’s kinsmen of the whole blood.
§ 28-9-214. Tables of descents
The heritable estate of an intestate as defined in § 28-9-206 shall pass as follows upon the intestate’s death: (1) First, to the children of the intestate and the descendants of each child of the intestate who may have predeceased the intestate. The children and descendants will take per capita or per stirpes according to […]
§ 28-9-215. Devolution where no heir under § 28-9-214
If an heir to the heritable estate, or some portion thereof, cannot be found under § 28-9-214, then the portion of the heritable estate as does not pass under § 28-9-214 will pass as follows: (1) First, to the surviving spouse of the intestate even though they had been married less than three (3) years; […]
§ 28-9-216. Advancements
(a) If a person dies intestate as to all his or her estate, property which he or she gave in his or her lifetime to an heir shall be treated as an advancement against the heir’s share of the estate if declared in writing by the decedent or acknowledged in writing by the heir to […]
§ 28-9-217. Debts to decedent
A debt owed to the decedent shall not be charged against the intestate share of any person except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt shall not be taken into account in computing the share of the debtor’s descendants.
§ 28-9-218. Doctrine of first purchaser abolished
This subchapter is intended to abolish the common law rule of the blood of the first purchaser under which in the case of successive inheritances of land the intestate’s property would descend only to such of his or her heirs as were of the blood of the next preceding ancestor in the line of successive […]
§ 28-9-203. Intestate succession generally
(a) Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by his or her will shall pass to his or her heirs as prescribed in the following sections. (b) In this connection, the terms “heir” and “heirs”, as used in this subchapter, are intended to designate the person or persons who succeed […]
§ 28-9-219. Distinction between ancestral estates and new acquisitions abolished
(a) Only for the purposes of intestate succession, the distinction between “ancestral estate” and “new acquisitions” in respect to real estate owned by an intestate is abolished. (b) The devolution of real estate and personal property which the intestate acquired by gift, devise, or descent from some ancestor shall be controlled by the same rules […]
§ 28-9-201. Title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Inheritance Code of 1969”.