Statute of Limitations

Statute of Limitations. An action to determine the existence of the father and child relationship may not be brought more than three years after the child reaches the age of majority. This section and 8 CMC § 1706 do not extend the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law to distribution and closing of decedents’ estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise. Source: PL 4-38, § 7, modified.