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§ 31A‑4. Slayer barred from testate or intestate succession and other rights.
The slayer shall be deemed to have died immediately prior to the death of the decedent and the
following rules shall apply:
(1) The slayer shall not acquire any property or receive any benefit from the estate
of the decedent by testate or intestate succession or by common law or statutory
right as surviving spouse of the decedent.
(2) Where the decedent dies intestate as to property which would have passed to the
slayer by intestate succession and the slayer has living issue who would have
§ 31A‑5: Recodified as G.S. 41‑64(b) by Session Laws 2020‑50, s. 1(b), effective June 30, 2020.