Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 134.090 (2026)

No surviving spouse but issue

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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.

[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2022 · leading case: Holliday v. McMullen, 756 P.2d 1179 (Nev. 1988).

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Holliday v. McMullen, 756 P.2d 1179 (Nev. 1988). “Holliday then succeeded to his mother’s estate pursuant to NRS 134.090. Holli-day’s two sons, respondents herein, through their Guardian ad Litem, Terrence McMullen, subsequently filed a civil action against Holliday in July, 1986.”

Perez v. Cox (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 134.090 . A child “includes a person entitled to take 21 as a child by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes a 22 person who is a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant.”

In Re: Est. of Robert C. Murray, 2015 NV 8 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “NRS 134.090. "Child" is circularly defined as "a person entitled to take as SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA (0) 1947A a child by intestate succession.”

In Re: Est. of Robert C. Murray, 2015 NV 8 (Nev. 2015). “" NRS 132.055. No other probate statute further governs the determination of who is a child entitled to succeed to her father's estate.”

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