Intestacy for Those Not of Northern Marianas Descent

Intestacy for Those Not of Northern Marianas Descent. The properties of decedents who are not persons of Northern Marianas descent as defined in N.M.I. Const. art. XII, § 4 pass in intestacy in the following manner: (a) The surviving spouse obtains the entire intestate estate if there is no issue or parent of the decedent; (b) If there are surviving issue, the surviving spouse obtains the first $50,000 and one-half of the remaining intestate estate and the other remaining half passes to the issue, by representation; (c) If there is no issue but the decedent is survived by a parent or parents, the surviving spouse obtains the first $50,000 plus one-half of the remaining intestate estate and the other remaining half passes to the parent or parents; (d) If there is no surviving spouse, the issue obtain all properties by representation; (e) If there is no surviving spouse, and no surviving issue, all the properties pass to the surviving parent or parents in equal shares; (f) If there is no surviving spouse, no surviving issue, and no surviving parents, the properties pass to the siblings of decedent by representation. Source: PL 3-106, ch. 9, § 12.