NC S122

Enacts the Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act as Article 5 of Chapter 30 of the General Statutes, repealing the existing Chapter 31C

One-half of community property automatically belongs to the surviving spouse and cannot be disposed of by the decedent; the other half belongs to the decedent for disposition at death

Surviving community-property spouses must file claims within one year of death or within six months after issuance of letters testamentary/administration

Allows community-property spouses to partition, reclassify, or waive rights to community property through signed records while domiciled in North Carolina

Effective January 1, 2026, applying to judicial proceedings commenced on or after that date regardless of when the decedent died