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NC Gen Stat § 29-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 29-2 - Definitions.

 29-2. Definitions.As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:(1) "Advancement" means an irrevocable inter vivos gift of property, made by an intestate donor to any person who would be the donor's heir or one of the donor's heirs upon the donor's death, and intended by the intestate donor to enable the donee to anticipate the donee's inheritance to the extent of the gift; except that no gift to a spouse shall be considered an advancement unless so designated by the intestate donor in a writing signed by the donor at the time of the gift.(2) "Estate" means all the property of a decedent, including but not limited to:a. An estate for the life of another; andb. All future interests in property not terminable by the death of the owner thereof, including all reversions, remainders, executory interests, rights of entry and possibilities of reverter, subject, however, to all limitations and conditions imposed upon such future interests.(3) "Heir" means any person entitled to take real or personal property upon intestacy under the provisions of this Chapter.(4) "Lineal descendants" of a person means all children of such person and successive generations of children of such children.(5) "Net estate" means the estate of a decedent, exclusive of family allowances, costs of administration, and all lawful claims against the estate.(6) "Share," when used to describe the share of a net estate or property which any person is entitled to take, includes both the fractional share of the personal property and the undivided fractional interest in the real property, which the person is entitled to take.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1961, c. 958, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 29-6 - Lineal succession unlimited.

 29-6. Lineal succession unlimited.There shall be no limitation on the right of succession by lineal descendants of an intestate. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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; 1961, c. 83; 1973, c. 1446, s. 7; 1999-456, s. 1; 1999-460, s. 8; 2013-198, s. 6; 2020-48, s. 3.1(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 29-12.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 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.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 2 - Shares of Persons Who Take upon Intestacy.|§ 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 estate taxes, as provided in this Chapter.(b) The determination of whether an heir has predeceased a person dying intestate shall be made as provided by Article 24 of Chapter 28A of the General Statutes. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1999-337, s. 5; 2007-132, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 2 - Shares of Persons Who Take upon Intestacy.|§ 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 by only one lineal descendant of only one deceased child, that person shall take the entire net estate or share, but if the intestate is survived by two or more lineal descendants of only one deceased child, they shall take as provided in G.S. 29-16; or(2) If the intestate is survived by two or more children or by one child and any lineal descendant of one or more deceased children, or by lineal descendants of two or more deceased children, they shall take as provided in G.S. 29-16; or(3) If the intestate is not survived by a child, children or any lineal descendant of a deceased child or children, but is survived by both parents, they shall take in equal shares, or if either parent is dead, the surviving parent shall take the entire share; or(4) If the intestate is not survived by such children or lineal descendants or by a parent, the brothers and sisters of the intestate, and the lineal descendants of any deceased brothers or sisters, shall take as provided in G.S. 29-16; or(5) If there is no one entitled to take under the preceding subdivisions of this section or under G.S. 29-14,a. The paternal grandparents shall take one half of the net estate in equal shares, or, if either is dead, the survivor shall take the entire one half of the net estate, and if neither paternal grandparent survives, then the paternal uncles and aunts of the intestate and the lineal descendants of deceased paternal uncles and aunts shall take said one half as provided in G.S. 29-16; andb. The maternal grandparents shall take the other one half in equal shares, or if either is dead, the survivor shall take the entire one half of the net estate, and if neither maternal grandparent survives, then the maternal uncles and aunts of the intestate and the lineal descendants of deceased maternal uncles and aunts shall take one half as provided in G.S. 29-16; butc. If there is no grandparent and no uncle or aunt, or lineal descendant of a deceased uncle or aunt, on the paternal side, then those of the maternal side who otherwise would be entitled to take one half as hereinbefore provided in this subdivision shall take the whole; ord. If there is no grandparent and no uncle or aunt, or lineal descendant of a deceased uncle or aunt, on the maternal side, then those on the paternal side who otherwise would be entitled to take one half as hereinbefore provided in this subdivision shall take the whole. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 4 - Adopted Children.|§ 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 heirs the same as if the child were the natural legitimate child of the adoptive parents.(b) An adopted child is not entitled by succession to any property, by, through, or from the child's natural parents or their heirs, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section.(c) The adoptive parents and the heirs of the adoptive parents are entitled by succession to any property, by, through and from an adopted child the same as if the adopted child were the natural legitimate child of the adoptive parents.(d) The natural parents and the heirs of the natural parents are not entitled by succession to any property, by, through or from an adopted child, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section.(e) If a natural parent has previously married, is married to, or shall marry an adoptive parent, the adopted child is considered the child of such natural parent for all purposes of intestate succession.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 5 - Legitimated Children.|§ 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 and mother and their heirs the same as if born in lawful wedlock; and if the child dies intestate, the child's property shall descend and be distributed as if the child had been born in lawful wedlock.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5; 2013-198, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 6 - Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 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 the child's mother and the child's other maternal kindred, both descendants and collaterals, and they are entitled to take from the child.(b) For purposes of intestate succession, a child born out of wedlock shall be entitled to take by, through and from:(1) Any person who has been finally adjudged to be the father of the child pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 49-1 through 49-9 or the provisions of G.S. 49-14 through 49-16;(2) Any person who has acknowledged himself during his own lifetime and the child's lifetime to be the father of the child in a written instrument executed or acknowledged before a certifying officer named in G.S. 52-10(b) and filed during his own lifetime and the child's lifetime in the office of the clerk of superior court of the county where either he or the child resides.(3) A person who died prior to or within one year after the birth of the child and who can be established to have been the father of the child by DNA testing.Notwithstanding the above provisions, no person shall be entitled to take hereunder unless the person has given written notice of the basis of the person's claim to the personal representative of the putative father within six months after the date of the first publication or posting of the general notice to creditors.(c) Any person described under subdivision (b)(1), (2), or (3) of this section and the person's lineal and collateral kin shall be entitled to inherit by, through and from the child.(d) Any person who acknowledges that he is the father of a child born out of wedlock in his duly probated last will shall be deemed to have intended that the child be treated as expressly provided for in the will or, in the absence of any express provision, the same as a legitimate child.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1973, c. 1062, s. 1; 1975, c. 54, s. 1; 1977, c. 375, s. 6; c. 591; c. 757, s. 3; 2011-344, s. 5; 2013-198, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 6 - Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 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 or estate taxes, as provided in this Article.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1999-337, s. 6; 2013-198, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 6 - Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 29-21 - Share of surviving spouse.

 29-21. Share of surviving spouse.The share of the surviving spouse of an intestate born out of wedlock shall be the same as provided in G.S. 29-14 for the surviving spouse of a legitimate person. In determining whether the intestate is survived by one or more parents as provided in G.S. 29-14(3), any person identified as the father under G.S. 29-19(b)(1) or (b)(2) shall be regarded as a parent.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1977, c. 757, s. 1; 2013-198, s. 11.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 6 - Children Born Out of Wedlock.|§ 29-22 - Shares of others than the surviving spouse.

 29-22. Shares of others than the surviving spouse.Those persons surviving an intestate born out of wedlock, other than the surviving spouse, shall take that share of the net estate provided in G.S. 29-15. In determining whether the intestate is survived by one or more parents or their collateral kindred as provided in G.S. 29-15, any person identified as the father under G.S. 29-19(b)(1) or (b)(2) shall be regarded as a parent.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1977, c. 757, s. 2; 2013-198, s. 12.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-23 - In general.

 29-23. In general.If a person dies intestate as to all the person's estate, property which the person gave in his lifetime as an advancement shall be counted toward the advancee's intestate share, and to the extent that it does not exceed such intestate share, shall be taken into account in computing the estate to be distributed.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-24 - Presumption of gift.

 29-24. Presumption of gift.A gratuitous inter vivos transfer is presumed to be an absolute gift and not an advancement unless shown to be an advancement. (1959, c. 879, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-25 - Effect of advancement.

 29-25. Effect of advancement.If the amount of the advancement equals or exceeds the intestate share of the advancee, the advancee shall be excluded from any further portion in the distribution of the estate, but the advancee shall not be required to refund any part of such advancement; and if the amount of the advancement is less than the advancee's share, the advancee shall be entitled to such additional amount as will give the advancee the advancee's full share of the intestate donor's estate.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-26 - Valuation.

 29-26. Valuation.The value of the property given as an advancement shall be determined as of the time when the advancee came into possession or enjoyment, or at the time of the death of the intestate, whichever first occurs. However, if the value of the property, so advanced, is stated by the intestate donor in a writing signed by the intestate donor and designating the gift as an advancement, such value shall be deemed the value of the advancement.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-27 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-27 - Death of advancee before intestate donor.

 29-27. Death of advancee before intestate donor.If the advancee dies before the intestate donor leaving a lineal heir or heirs who take by intestate succession from the intestate donor, the advancement shall be taken into account in the same manner as if it had been made directly to such heir or heirs, but the value shall be determined as of the time the original advancee came into possession or enjoyment, or when the heir or heirs came into possession or enjoyment or at the time of the death of the intestate donor, whichever first occurs. (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 1961, c. 958, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-28 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-28 - Inventory.

 29-28. Inventory.If any person who has, in the lifetime of an intestate donor, received a part of the donor's property, refuses, upon order of the clerk of superior court of the county in which the administrator or collector qualifies, to give an inventory on oath, setting forth therein to the best of the person's knowledge and belief the particulars of the transfer of such property, the person shall be considered to have received the person's full share of the donor's estate, and shall not be entitled to receive any further part or share.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 29-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 29 - Intestate Succession|Article 7 - Advancements.|§ 29-29 - Release by advancee.

 29-29. Release by advancee.If the advancee acknowledges to the intestate donor by a signed writing that the advancee has been advanced the advancee's full share of the intestate donor's estate, both the advancee and those claiming through the advancee shall be excluded from any further participation in the intestate donor's estate.  (1959, c. 879, s. 1; 2011-344, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 30-3.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 30 - Surviving Spouses|Article 1A - Elective Share.|§ 30-3.1 - Right of elective share.

 30-3.1. Right of elective share.(a) Elective Share. - The surviving spouse of a decedent who dies domiciled in this State has a right to claim an "elective share", which means an amount equal to (i) the applicable share of the Total Net Assets, as defined in G.S. 30-3.2(4), less (ii) the value of Net Property Passing to Surviving Spouse, as defined in G.S. 30-3.2(2c). The applicable share of the Total Net Assets is as follows:(1) If the surviving spouse was married to the decedent for less than five years, fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Net Assets.(2) If the surviving spouse was married to the decedent for at least five years but less than 10 years, twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Net Assets.(3) If the surviving spouse was married to the decedent for at least 10 years but less than 15 years, thirty-three percent (33%) of the Total Net Assets.(4) If the surviving spouse was married to the decedent for 15 years or more, fifty percent (50%) of the Total Net Assets.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-91, s. 1(d), effective October 1, 2013, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after October 1, 2013.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-368, s. 1, effective August 27, 2009, and applicable to decedents dying on or after October 1, 2009.  (2000-178, s. 2; 2003-296, s. 1; 2009-368, s. 1; 2013-91, s. 1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 30-3.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 30 - Surviving Spouses|Article 1A - Elective Share.|§ 30-3.6 - Waiver of rights.

 30-3.6. Waiver of rights.(a) The right of a surviving spouse to claim an elective share may be waived, wholly or partially, before or after marriage, with or without consideration, by a written waiver signed by the surviving spouse, by the surviving spouse's attorney-in-fact if the surviving spouse's power of attorney expressly authorizes the attorney-in-fact to do so or to generally engage in estate transactions, or, with approval of court, by the guardian of the surviving spouse's estate or general guardian.(b) A waiver is not enforceable if the surviving spouse proves that:(1) The waiver was not executed voluntarily; or(2) The surviving spouse or the surviving spouse's representative making the waiver was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property and financial obligations of the decedent, unless the surviving spouse waived, in writing, the right to that disclosure.(c) A written waiver that would have been effective to waive a spouse's right to dissent in estates of decedents dying on or before December 31, 2000, under Article 1 of Chapter 30 of the General Statutes is effective to waive that spouse's right of elective share under this Article for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2001.  (2000-178, s. 2; 2003-296, s. 5; 2004-203, s. 30; 2009-368, s. 1.)