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ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1955 - SECT 12

Ascertainment of next-of-kin.

12.(1) Subject to the rights of representation mentioned in sub-section (2) of
the last preceding section, the person or persons who at the date of the death
of the intestate stand nearest in blood relationship to him shall be taken to
be his next-of-kin.

(2) Degrees of blood relationship of a direct lineal ancestor shall be
computed by counting upwards from the intestate to that ancestor and degrees
of blood relationship of any other relative shall be ascertained by counting
upwards from the intestate to the nearest ancestor common to the intestate and
that relative, and then downward from that ancestor to the relative, but,
where a direct lineal ancestor and any other relative are so ascertained to be
within the same degree of blood relationship to the intestate, the other
relative shall be preferred to the exclusion of the direct lineal ancestor.

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