§ 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 […]
§ 29-3 – 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 […]
§ 29-1 – Short title.
29-1. Short title. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Intestate Succession Act. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)