Research Paper on:
Intestate Law of North Carolina

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the deceased (Rules of descent and distribution). For instance, spouse and children generally share all proceeds from the estate. However, if there are no close relatives, then, depending on the  state, parents and siblings are next in line, and so forth, depending on the connection to the deceased. This can become rather complicated as there is considerable variation among state  laws (Rules of descent and distribution). Article 2 of the North Carolina Interstate Succession Act (1950, c. 879, s. 1) states that all of 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," after t he payment of all NC State inheritance  or estate taxes (Interstate Succession). Section 29-14 addresses the share of the estate going to the surviving spouse in regards to real property. The clauses of this section  detail how the estate would be distributed if there are other surviving close relatives. For example, if the intestate is survived by an only child, the estate is divided equally  between that child and the surviving spouse (Interstate Succession). If an only child is also deceased, but has a surviving lineal descendant, the estate is divided equally between the surviving  spouse and that descendant. If there are two or more children surviving the intestate (and, here again, this includes their surviving lineal descendants), the surviving spouse receives a one-third share  of "undivided interest" in real property (Intestate Succession). Surviving parents are also entitled to a one-half share of real property if the intestate is not survived by a child. However,  if there are no children, or any surviving lineal descendant from a deceased child, or a surviving parent, all real property goes to the surviving spouse (Interstate Succession). In regards