North Dakota High Court: Error Over Ruling On Real Property Ownership

Mealey's (August 2, 2019, 1:17 PM EDT) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A husband may claim an elective share of an intestate estate under North Dakota Century Code Section 30.1-05-01, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled July 18; however, a lower court erred in determining ownership of real property between the husband and an unrelated child of the decedent (In the matter of the estate of Kandi Ann Hall; Tyson Hall v. Brianna McLaen, et al., No. 20190009, N.D. Sup., 2019 N.D. LEXIS 200)....