Title 30.1, Uniform Probate Code

1. For purposes of intestate succession, homestead allowance, and exempt property, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: a. An individual who was born before a decedent's death but who fails to survive the decedent by one hundred twenty hours is deemed to have predece…

If there is no taker under the provisions of this title, the intestate estate passes to the state for the support of the common schools and an action for the recovery of such property and to reduce it into the possession of the state or for its sale and conveyance may be brought …

Relatives of the half blood inherit the same share they would inherit if they were of the whole blood.

1. A parent is barred from inheriting from or through a child of the parent if the parent's parental rights were terminated and the parent-child relationship was not judicially re-established or the child died before reaching eighteen years of age and there is clear and convincin…

1. If an individual dies intestate as to all or a portion of the individual's estate, property the decedent gave during the decedent's lifetime to an individual who, at the decedent's death, is an heir is treated as an advancement against the heir's intestate share only if the de…

A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.

No individual is disqualified to take as an heir because the individual or an individual through whom that individual claims is or has been an alien.

The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished.

In sections 30.1-04-14 through 30.1-04-20: 1. "Adoptee" means an individual who is adopted. 2. "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. 3. "Divorce" means any divorce or annulment, or any dissolution or declaration of invalidity o…

Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 through 4 of section 30.1-04-18, if a parent-child relationship exists or is established under sections 30.1-04-14 through 30.1-04-20, the parent is a parent of the child and the child is a child of the parent for purposes of intestat…

Except as otherwise provided in section 30.1-04-09, 30.1-04-18, 30.1-04-19, or 30.1-04-20, a parent-child relationship exists between a child and the child's genetic parents, regardless of their marital status.

1. A parent-child relationship exists between an adoptee and the adoptee's adoptive parent or parents. 2. For purposes of subsection 1: a. An individual who is in the process of being adopted by a married couple when one of the spouses dies is treated as adopted by the deceased s…

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 through 4, a parent-child relationship does not exist between an adoptee and the adoptee's genetic parents. 2. A parent-child relationship exists between an individual who is adopted by the spouse of either genetic parent and: a. T…

1. In this section: a. "Birth mother" means a woman, other than a gestational carrier under section 30.1-04-20, who gives birth to a child of assisted reproduction. The term is not limited to a woman who is the child's genetic mother. b. "Child of assisted reproduction" means a c…

1. In this section: a. "Gestational agreement" means an enforceable or unenforceable agreement for assisted reproduction in which a woman agrees to carry a child to birth for an intended parent, intended parents, or an individual described in subsection 5. b. "Gestational carrier…

Sections 30.1-04-14 through 30.1-04-20 do not preclude, limit, or affect application of the doctrine of equitable adoption.