§ 29-7 – Collateral succession limited.
29-7. Collateral succession limited. There shall be no right of succession by collateral kin who are more than five degrees of kinship removed from an intestate; provided that if there is no collateral relative within the five degrees of kinship referred to herein, then collateral succession shall be unlimited to prevent any property from escheating. […]
§ 29-8 – Partial intestacy.
29-8. Partial intestacy. If part but not all of the estate of a decedent is validly disposed of by the decedent’s will, the part not disposed of by such will shall descend and be distributed as intestate property. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
§ 29-9 – Inheritance by unborn infant.
29-9. Inheritance by unborn infant. Lineal descendants and other relatives of an intestate born within 10 lunar months after the death of the intestate, shall inherit as if they had been born in the lifetime of the intestate and had survived him. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
§ 29-10 – Renunciation.
29-10. Renunciation. Renunciation of an intestate share shall be as provided for in Chapter 31B of the General Statutes. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1961, c. 958, s. 2; 1975, c. 371, s. 2.)
§ 29-11 – Aliens.
29-11. Aliens. Unless otherwise provided by law, it shall be no bar to intestate succession by any person, that the person, or any other person through whom the person traces the person’s inheritance, is or has been an alien. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
§ 29-12 – Escheats.
29-12. Escheats. If there is no person entitled to take under G.S. 29-14 or G.S. 29-15, or if in case of an intestate born out of wedlock, there is no one entitled to take under G.S. 29-21 or G.S. 29-22, the net estate shall escheat as provided in G.S. 116B-2.2. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; […]
§ 29-12.1 – Controversies under this Chapter.
29-12.1. Controversies under this Chapter. Any controversy arising under this Chapter shall be determined as an estate proceeding under Article 2 of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes, except that controversies arising under Article 8 of this Chapter shall be determined as set forth in that Chapter. (2011-344, s. 5.)
§ 29-3 – Certain distinctions as to intestate succession abolished.
29-3. Certain distinctions as to intestate succession abolished. In the determination of those persons who take upon intestate succession there is no distinction: (1) Between real and personal property, or (2) Between ancestral and nonancestral property, or (3) Between relations of the whole blood and those of the half blood. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
§ 29-4 – Curtesy and dower abolished.
29-4. Curtesy and dower abolished. The estates of curtesy and dower are hereby abolished. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
§ 29-5 – Computation of next of kin.
29-5. Computation of next of kin. Degrees of kinship shall be computed as provided in G.S. 104A-1. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)