§ 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.)
§ 29-13 – Descent and distribution upon intestacy; 120-hour survivorship requirement, revised simultaneous death act, Article 24, Chapter 28A.
29-13. Descent and distribution upon intestacy; 120-hour survivorship requirement, revised simultaneous death act, Article 24, Chapter 28A. (a) All the estate of a person dying 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 or […]
§ 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 […]
§ 29-18 – 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 […]