The CNMI Supreme Court addressed whether two claimants could inherit from the intestate estate of Anunciacion Magofna ('Asako') as children customarily adopted through the Chamorro practice of poksai. The court held that a decedent's own statutory adoption of a child is a departure from custom, so Annette P.
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Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands
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The court held that a disciplinary committee elected by a majority vote of active Bar members need only receive a majority of the votes cast, not affirmative votes from a majority of the entire active membership.
The CNMI Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a trial court judgment in an inverse condemnation case. The court held that inverse condemnation claims are subject to statutes of limitations but that Conrad Sablan's claim accrued in 2013 when a survey revealed the government's encroachment, making his…