SESSION LAW 2021-8 SENATE BILL 387 identifies educators as pivotal in the role of reading instruction and requires every pre-K–5 teacher to be highly equipped with the knowledge and skills to apply the science of reading.
– Letters of administration shall be granted to persons who are qualified to serve, in the following order, unless the clerk of superior court in the discretion of the clerk of superior court determines that the best interests of the estate otherwise require: (1) The surviving spouse of the decedent; (2) Any devisee of ...
A decedent's natural children and adopted children are considered next of kin under North Carolina law. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. 29-17, legally adopted children will receive an intestate share of a decedent's estate just like biological children.