In Re the Estate of Connor

The qualified right of a surviving spouse to dissent arises under G.S. 30-1. This right arises when the value of property passing under the will added to the value of property passing outside the will as a result of the testator’s death is less than the intestate share, or is less than one-half the net estate of the deceased spouse if neither lineal descendant nor parent survive.

Under G.S. 29-14(3) when an intestate has no lineal descendants but is survived by a spouse and a parent, the intestate share of the surviving spouse is a one-half undivided interest in the real property and the first…