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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 29-22

  • Estate: means all the property of a decedent, including but not limited to:

    a. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2

Those persons surviving an intestate born out of wedlock, other than the surviving spouse, shall take that share of the net estate provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-15 In determining whether the intestate is survived by one or more parents or their collateral kindred as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-15, any person identified as the father under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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.)