§ 29-14 – Share of surviving spouse.
29-14. Share of surviving spouse. (a) Real Property. – The share of the surviving spouse in the real property is: (1) If the intestate is survived by only one child or by any lineal descendant of only one deceased child, a one-half undivided interest in the real property; (2) If the intestate is survived by […]
§ 29-15 – Shares of others than surviving spouse.
29-15. Shares of others than surviving spouse. Those persons surviving the intestate, other than the surviving spouse, shall take that share of the net estate not distributable to the surviving spouse, or the entire net estate if there is no surviving spouse, as follows: (1) If the intestate is survived by only one child or […]
§ 29-16 – Distribution among classes.
29-16. Distribution among classes. (a) Children and Their Lineal Descendants. – If the intestate is survived by lineal descendants, their respective shares in the property which they are entitled to take under G.S. 29-15 of this Chapter shall be determined in the following manner: (1) Children. – To determine the share of each surviving child, […]
§ 29-17 – Succession by, through and from adopted children.
29-17. Succession by, through and from adopted children. (a) A child, adopted in accordance with Chapter 48 of the General Statutes or in accordance with the applicable law of any other jurisdiction, and the heirs of such child, are entitled by succession to any property by, through and from the child’s adoptive parents and their […]
§ 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.)
§ 29-18 – Succession by, through and from legitimated children.
29-18. Succession by, through and from legitimated children. A child born out of wedlock who has been legitimated in accordance with G.S. 49-10 or 49-12 or in accordance with the applicable law of any other jurisdiction, and the heirs of the child, are entitled by succession to property by, through and from the child’s father […]
§ 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.)
§ 29-19 – Succession by, through and from children born out of wedlock.
29-19. Succession by, through and from children born out of wedlock. (a) For purposes of intestate succession, a child born out of wedlock shall be treated as if that child were the legitimate child of the child’s mother, so that the child and the child’s lineal descendants are entitled to take by, through and from […]
§ 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.)
§ 29-20 – Descent and distribution upon intestacy of children born out of wedlock.
29-20. Descent and distribution upon intestacy of children born out of wedlock. All the estate of a person who was born out of wedlock and dies intestate shall descend and be distributed, subject to the payment of costs of administration and other lawful claims against the estate, and subject to the payment of State inheritance […]