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NH Rev Stat § 463-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:3 - Nomination of Custodian.

    463-A:3 Nomination of Custodian. –||I. A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary upon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for __________ (name of minor) under the New Hampshire Uniform Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the contractual rights.||II. A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind may be made under RSA 463-A:9, I.||III. The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create custodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under RSA 463-A:9. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, upon the occurrence of the future event, the custodianship becomes effective and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property pursuant to RSA 463-A:9.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:4 - Transfer by Gift or Exercise of Power of Appointment.

    463-A:4 Transfer by Gift or Exercise of Power of Appointment. –||A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to RSA 463-A:9.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:5 - Transfer Authorized by Will or Trust.

    463-A:5 Transfer Authorized by Will or Trust. –||I. A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to RSA 463-A:9 to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust.||II. If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under RSA 463-A:3 to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.||III. If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under RSA 463-A:3, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under RSA 463-A:9, I.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:6 - Other Transfer by Fiduciary.

    463-A:6 Other Transfer by Fiduciary. –||I. Subject to paragraph III, a personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to RSA 463-A:9, in the absence of a will or under a will or trust that does not contain an authorization to do so.||II. Subject to paragraph III, a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to another adult or trust company as custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to RSA 463-A:9.||III. A transfer under paragraph I or II may be made only if:||(a) The personal representative, trustee, or conservator considers the transfer to be in the best interest of the minor;||(b) The transfer is not prohibited by or inconsistent with provisions of the applicable will, trust agreement, or other governing instrument; and||(c) The transfer is less than or equal to $10,000 in value; otherwise a guardianship over the estate of the minor shall be required by the probate court pursuant to RSA 463, unless otherwise ordered by the court.|||Source. 1985, 197:1. 2005, 68:1, eff. July 22, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:7 - Transfer by Obligor.

    463-A:7 Transfer by Obligor. –||I. Subject to paragraphs II and III, a person not subject to RSA 463-A:5 or 6 who holds property of or owes a liquidated debt to a minor not having a conservator may make an irrevocable transfer to a custodian for the benefit of the minor pursuant to RSA 463-A:9.||II. If a person having the right to do so under RSA 463-A:3 has nominated a custodian under that section to receive the custodial property, the transfer must be made to that person.||III. If no custodian has been nominated under RSA 463-A:3, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, a transfer under this section may be made to an adult member of the minor's family or to a trust company unless the property exceeds $10,000 in value.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:8 - Receipt for Custodial Property.

    463-A:8 Receipt for Custodial Property. –||A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this chapter.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:10 - Single Custodianship.

    463-A:10 Single Custodianship. –||A transfer may be made only for one minor, and only one person may be the custodian. All custodial property held under the provisions of this chapter by the same custodian for the benefit of the same minor constitutes a single custodianship.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:11 - Validity and Effect of Transfer.

    463-A:11 Validity and Effect of Transfer. –||I. The validity of a transfer made in a manner prescribed by the provisions of this chapter shall not be affected by:||(a) Failure of the transferor to comply with RSA 463-A:9, III, concerning the possession and control;||(b) Designation of an ineligible custodian, except designation of the transferor in the case of property for which the transferor is ineligible to serve as custodian under RSA 463-A:9, I; or||(c) Death or incapacity of a person nominated under RSA 463-A:3 or designated under RSA 463-A:9 as custodian or the disclaimer of the office by that person.||II. A transfer made pursuant to RSA 463-A:9 is irrevocable, and the custodial property is indefeasibly vested in the minor, but the custodian has all the rights, powers, duties, and authority provided in this chapter, and neither the minor nor the minor's legal representative has any right, power, duty, or authority with respect to the custodial property except as provided in this chapter.||III. By making a transfer, the transferor incorporates in the disposition all the provisions of this chapter and grants to the custodian, and to any third person dealing with a person designated as custodian, the respective powers, rights, and immunities provided in this chapter.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:12 - Care of Custodial Property.

    463-A:12 Care of Custodial Property. –||I. A custodian shall:||(a) Take control of custodial property;||(b) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and||(c) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.||II. In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, a custodian, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.||III. A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on:||(a) The life of the minor only if the minor or the minor's estate is the sole beneficiary; or||(b) The life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor's estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian, is the irrevocable beneficiary.||IV. A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor's interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: "as a custodian for __________ (name of minor) under the New Hampshire Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."||V. A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor's tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:13 - Powers of Custodian.

    463-A:13 Powers of Custodian. –||I. A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only.||II. This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of the provisions of RSA 463-A:12.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:14 - Use of Custodial Property.

    463-A:14 Use of Custodial Property. –||I. A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to:||(a) The duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor; or||(b) Any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or available for that purpose.||II. On petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit so much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.||III. A delivery, payment, or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in substitution for, and does not affect any obligation of a person to support the minor.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:15 - Custodian's Expenses, Compensation, and Bond.

    463-A:15 Custodian's Expenses, Compensation, and Bond. –||I. A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties.||II. Except for one who is a transferor under RSA 463-A:4, a custodian has a non-cumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year.||III. Except as provided in RSA 463-A:18, VI, a custodian need not give a bond.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:16 - Exemption of Third Person From Liability.

    463-A:16 Exemption of Third Person From Liability. –||A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:||I. The validity of the purported custodian's designation;||II. The propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, any act of the purported custodian;||III. The validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or||IV. The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:17 - Liability to Third Persons.

    463-A:17 Liability to Third Persons. –||I. A claim based on a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in the custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable therefor.||II. A custodian is not personally liable:||(a) On a contract properly entered into in the custodial capacity unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or||(b) For an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the custodian is personally at fault.||III. A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship unless the minor is personally at fault.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:19 - Accounting by and Determination of Liability of Custodian.

    463-A:19 Accounting by and Determination of Liability of Custodian. –||I. A minor who has attained the age of 14 years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative, or for a determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian personally, for claims against the custodial property unless the responsibility has been adjudicated in an action under RSA 463-A:17 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative was a party.||II. A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor custodian.||III. The court, in a proceeding under this chapter or in any other proceeding, may require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account.||IV. If a custodian is removed under RSA 463-A:18, VI, the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial property and records to the successor custodian and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial property.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:20 - Termination of Custodianship.

    463-A:20 Termination of Custodianship. –||I. The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of:||(a) The minor's attainment of 21 years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under RSA 463-A:4 or 463-A:5;||(b) The minor's attainment of 18 years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under RSA 463-A:6 or 463-A:7; or||(c) The minor's death.||II. Paragraph I applies to all custodial property held under the provisions of this chapter, whether such custodial property was transferred to the custodian before, on, or after June 30, 1989.||III. At any time, a custodian may transfer part or all of the custodial property to a qualified minor's trust, as defined in RSA 463-A:1, XIII-a, without a court order. Such a transfer terminates the custodianship to the extent of the transfer.|||Source. 1989, 98:1. 2007, 111:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:21 - Applicability.

    463-A:21 Applicability. –||This chapter applies to a transfer within the scope of RSA 463-A:2 made after July 30, 1985 if:||I. The transfer purports to have been made under the New Hampshire Uniform Gifts to Minors Law; or||II. The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act" or "as custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act" of any other state, and the application of this chapter is necessary to validate the transfer.||III. To the extent that this chapter, by virtue of RSA 463-A:23, II, does not apply to transfers made in a manner prescribed in the New Hampshire Uniform Gifts to Minors Law or to the powers, duties, and immunities conferred by transfers in that manner upon custodians and persons dealing with custodians, the repeal of the New Hampshire Uniform Gifts to Minors Law does not affect those transfers or those powers, duties, and immunities.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:22 - Construction.

    463-A:22 Construction. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21:44 and RSA 21-B, in construing this chapter, the provisions of RSA 463-A:1 relative to the definition of "adult" and "minor" shall apply.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:23 - Effect on Existing Custodianships.

    463-A:23 Effect on Existing Custodianships. –||I. Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made before July 30, 1985 is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the New Hampshire Uniform Gifts to Minors Law for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.||II. This chapter applies to all transfers made before July 30, 1985 in a manner and form prescribed in the New Hampshire Uniform Gifts to Minors Law, except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on July 30, 1985.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:24 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

    463-A:24 Uniformity of Application and Construction. –||This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:25 - Short Title.

    463-A:25 Short Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the "New Hampshire Uniform Transfers to Minors Act."|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 463-A:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 463-A - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 463-A:26 - Severability.

    463-A:26 Severability. –||If any provisions of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1985, 197:1, eff. July 30, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-A - Guardians and Conservators|Section 464-A:1 - Purpose.

    464-A:1 Purpose. –||It is the purpose of this chapter to promote and protect the well-being of the proposed ward in involuntarily imposed protective proceedings. This chapter is designed to provide procedural and substantive safeguards for civil liberties and property rights of a proposed ward or an individual already under guardianship powers. It is the further purpose of this chapter to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance in the individual; to encourage rehabilitative care, rather than custodial care for incapacitated individuals; and to impose protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the individual's functional limitations.|||Source. 1979, 370:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 464-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XLIV - Guardians and Conservators|Title 464-A - Guardians and Conservators|Section 464-A:3 - Jurisdiction and Venue.

    464-A:3 Jurisdiction and Venue. –||I. The probate court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the appointment of a guardian of the person or of the estate or of both of any incapacitated person.||II. (a) Except as provided in RSA 464-A:25, I(a), venue for guardianship proceedings for a proposed ward is in the county where the proposed ward resides, or the county in which the proposed ward is physically present when the proceedings are commenced.||(b) If the proposed ward is admitted to an institution pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or is a resident of an institution for a period of at least one year, venue is also in the county in which that institution is located.||(c) In proceedings to create a guardianship of the estate containing real property, venue may also be in a county in which the real property, or a portion thereof, of the proposed ward is located.|||Source. 1979, 370:1. 1981, 564:1. 1993, 152:2. 1998, 155:2. 2010, 288:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.|