North Dakota Code § 14-09-12

Support - Liability of parent's estate
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If a parent chargeable with the support of a child dies leaving it chargeable upon the human 
service zone and leaving an estate sufficient for its support, the department of health and 
human services, in the name of the human service zone , may claim provision for its support 
from the parent's estate by civil action, and for this purpose may have the same remedies as 
any creditor against that estate and against the heirs, devisees, and next of kin of the parent.

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