(2-103) Share of heirs other than surviving spouse
N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-04-03
in effect30.1-04-03. (2-103) Share of heirs other than surviving spouse
Any part of the intestate estate not passing to a decedent's surviving spouse under section
30.1-04-02, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, passes in the following
order to the individuals who survive the decedent:
1. To the decedent's descendants by representation.
2. If there is no surviving descendant, to the decedent's parents equally if both survive, or
to the surviving parent.
3. If there is no surviving descendant or parent, to the descendants of the decedent's
parents or either of them by representation.
4. If there is no surviving descendant, parent, or descendant of a parent, but the
decedent is survived on both the paternal and maternal sides by one or more
grandparents or descendants of grandparents:
a. Half to the decedent's paternal grandparents equally if both survive, or to the
surviving paternal grandparent, or to the descendants of the decedent's paternal
grandparents or either of them if both are deceased, the descendants taking by
representation; and
b. Half to the decedent's maternal grandparents equally if both survive, or to the
surviving maternal grandparent, or to the descendants of the decedent's maternal
grandparents or either of them if both are deceased, the descendants taking by
representation.
5. If there is no surviving descendant, parent, or descendant of a parent, but the
decedent is survived by one or more grandparents or descendants of grandparents on
the paternal but not the maternal side, or on the maternal but not the paternal side, to
the decedent's relatives on the side with one or more surviving members in the
manner as described in subsection 4.
6. If there is no surviving spouse, descendant, parent, descendant of a parent,
grandparent, or descendant of a grandparent, but the intestate decedent has one
deceased spouse who has one or more descendants who survive the decedent, to
those descendants by representation or has more than one deceased spouse who has
one or more descendants who survive the decedent, the estate is divided into as many
equal shares as there are deceased spouses, each share passing to those
descendants by representation.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t30-1c04.pdf#nameddest=30p1-04-03Fetched: 10/16/2026