Can an heir’s share be reduced for taking estate property? | NC

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Q: Can an heir’s share be reduced if they keep or sell estate property before everything is formally distributed? A: Yes — if an heir takes, uses, keeps, or sells estate property before the estate is ready to be distributed, that value can be charged against that heir’s eventual share. In some cases, if the value already taken equals or exceeds the share they would have received, they may get…