NRS 123.250 Ownership of survivor upon death of
spouse; disposal by will of decedent.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the death of either
husband or wife:
(a) An undivided one-half interest in the community property is the property of
the surviving spouse and his or her sole separate property.
(b) The remaining interest:
(1) Is subject to the testamentary disposition of the decedent or, in the
absence of such a testamentary disposition, goes to the surviving spouse; and
(2) Is the only portion subject to administration under the provisions of title
12 of NRS.
2. The provisions of this section:
(a) Do not apply to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of
chapter 41B of NRS.
(b) Do not apply to community property with right of survivorship.
(c) Apply to all other community property, whether the community property was
acquired before, on or after July 1, 1975.
3. As used in this section, "community property with right of survivorship”
means community property in which a right of survivorship exists pursuant to NRS
111.064 or 115.060 or any other provision of law.
NRS 132.290 "Right of representation” defined.
"Right of representation” means the method of distributing property by which,
through inheritance or succession, the descendants of a deceased heir take the
same share or right in the estate of another person that their parent or other
ancestor would have taken if living. A posthumous child is deemed living at the
death of his parent.
NRS 134.010 Vesting upon death of spouse; applicability of chapter only to
separate property.
If a decedent leaves a surviving spouse:
1. Community property with right of survivorship vests in accordance with the
right of survivorship;
2. All other community property vests as provided in NRS 123.250; and
3. The provisions of this chapter apply only to the separate property of the
decedent.

NRS 134.030 Descent and distribution.
If a decedent dies intestate and has title to any estate which is the separate
property of the decedent and which is not otherwise limited by contract, the
estate descends and must be distributed, subject to the payment of the debts of
the decedent, in the manner provided in NRS 134.040 to 134.120, inclusive.
NRS 134.040 Surviving spouse and issue.
1. If the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and only one child, or the lawful
issue of one child, the estate goes one-half to the surviving spouse and
one-half to the child or the issue of the child.
2. If the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and more than one child living, or
a child and the lawful issue of one or more deceased children, the estate goes
one-third to the surviving spouse and the remainder in equal shares to the
children and the lawful issue of any deceased child by right of representation.
NRS 134.050 Surviving spouse and no issue; no surviving spouse or issue but
parent.
1. If the decedent leaves no issue, the estate goes one-half to the surviving
spouse, one-fourth to the father of the decedent and one-fourth to the mother of
the decedent, if both are living. If both parents are not living, one-half to
either the father or the mother then living.
2. If the decedent leaves no issue, or father or mother, one-half of the
separate property of the decedent goes to the surviving spouse and the other
one-half goes in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the decedent.
3. If the decedent leaves no issue or surviving spouse, the estate goes one-half
to the father of the decedent and one-half to the mother of the decedent, if
both are living. If both parents are not living, the whole estate goes to either
the father or the mother then living.
4. If the decedent leaves no issue, father, mother, brother or sister, or
children of any issue, all of the separate property of the decedent goes to the
surviving spouse.
NRS 134.060 No issue, surviving spouse or parent but sibling.
If there is no issue, surviving spouse, or father or mother, then the estate
goes in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the decedent and to the
children of any deceased brother or sister by right of representation.
NRS 134.070 No issue, surviving spouse or immediate family.
If the decedent leaves no issue, surviving spouse, or father or mother, and no
brother or sister living at the time of death, the estate goes to the next of
kin in equal degree, except that if there are two or more collateral kindred in
equal degree, but claiming through different ancestors, those who claim through
the nearest ancestors are preferred to those who claim through ancestors more
remote.
NRS 134.090 No surviving spouse but issue.
If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, but there is a child or children,
the estate, if there is only one child, all goes to that child. If there is more
than one child, the estate goes to all the children of the decedent, to share
and share alike.
NRS 134.100 No surviving spouse but issue and children of issue.
If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, but there is a child or children and
the lawful issue of a child or children, the estate goes to the child or
children and lawful issue of the child or children by right of representation as
follows: To the child or children, each a share and to the lawful issue of each
deceased child, by right of representation, the same share that the parent would
have received if the parent had been living at the time of the death of the
decedent.
NRS 134.110 No surviving spouse or issue but children of issue.
If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, or child or children, but there is
the lawful issue of a child or children, all the estate descends and must be
distributed to the lawful issue of the child or children by right of
representation, and this rule applies to the lawful issue of all such children,
and to the lawful issue ad infinitum.
NRS 134.120 Escheat.
If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse or
kindred, the estate escheats to the State for educational purposes.
NRS 134.150 Degree of kindred.
The degrees of kindred shall be computed according to the rules of the civil
law.
NRS 134.160 Kindred of half blood.
Kindred of the half blood inherit equally with those of the whole blood in the
same degree, unless the inheritance comes to the decedent by descent or devise
from an ancestor, in which case all those who are not of the blood of the
ancestor are excluded from the inheritance.
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