N.C.P.I.—Civil 815.06

NOTE WELL: If one of the parties to the marriage has

died, also give N.C.P.I.-Civil 815.30.2

The (state number) issue reads:

"Are (name person) and (name other person) close blood kin?"

On this issue the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. 3 This means

that the plaintiff must prove, by the greater weight of the evidence, that

(name person) and (name other person) are close blood kin. Close blood

kin means that one is related by blood to the other as a [father] [mother]

[grandfather] [grandmother] [uncle] [aunt] [brother] [sister] [son]

[daughter] [grandson] [granddaughter] [double first cousin].

(Double first cousins are people whose parents are two pair of

siblings. [When two brothers marry two sisters, children born of those

marriages are double first cousins.] [When a brother and sister each

marry a woman and man who themselves are sister and brother, the

children born of those marriages are double first cousins.])

Finally, as to this (state number) issue on which the plaintiff has

the burden of proof, if you find by the greater weight of the evidence that

(name person) and (name other person) are close blood kin, then it would

be your duty to answer this issue "Yes" in favor of the plaintiff.

If, on the other hand, you fail to so find, it would be your duty to

answer this issue "No" in favor of the defendant.