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NH Rev Stat § 559:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:15 - Return; Record.

    559:15 Return;  Record. –||Every person who has sold real estate by virtue of a license from a judge shall, within one year after the sale, return the license to the probate court with an account of the sale and with an affidavit showing the times, places and manner of giving notice of sale, subscribed and sworn to by himself or by a person employed to give the notice; and, if approved by the judge, the account and affidavit shall be recorded, and the record, or a certified copy of it, shall be prima facie evidence that the notice was duly given.|||Source. 1857, 1966:1. GS 182:19. GL 201:19. PS 194:13. PL 305:15. RL 358:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:16 - Contracts for Sales.

    559:16 Contracts for Sales. –||When a person deceased had contracted in writing to convey real estate, and the party contracted with has performed or is ready to perform the conditions of the contract, or if the contract was verbal and the party contracted with has performed or partly performed its conditions, the judge may license the administrator to make such conveyance as the deceased if alive would be bound to make.|||Source. RS 164:10. CS 173:10. GS 182:10. GL 201:10. PS 194:14. PL 305:16. RL 358:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:17 - License, Special Sale.

    559:17 License, Special Sale. –||When it shall appear by the will of a person deceased to have been his intention that his executor should dispose of his real estate for any lawful purpose, the judge may license the administrator to sell it for the purpose and in the manner intended by the testator.|||Source. RS 164:11. CS 173:11. GS 182:11. GL 201:11. PS 194:15. PL 305:17. RL 358:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:18 - Sale of Real Estate.

    559:18 Sale of Real Estate. –||Unless the will otherwise provides, an administrator or executor with the written consent of the widow or widower and the heirs at law or devisees, or the guardians or conservators of such of them as are under disability, may sell the whole or any part of the real estate of a decedent, conducting the sale with fidelity and impartiality. The administrator, so authorized, may execute and deliver a valid conveyance of the estate to the purchaser. If there are heirs or legatees under disability, or whose whereabouts are unknown, or unknown heirs, the judge may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent their interests; said guardian ad litem to have authority to consent to a sale if, in his opinion, the best interests of his ward would be served thereby.|||Source. 1929, 68:1. 1933, 171:1. RL 358:18. RSA 559:18. 1971, 230:1. 1977, 310:3, eff. Aug. 26, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:19 - Title; Accounting.

    559:19 Title;  Accounting. –||Any sale made under RSA 559:18 shall convey title to said real estate free from all claims of creditors of the decedent and of all other persons claiming under the decedent or under his will, but the claims of all such persons shall be a charge upon the proceeds of the sale. The proceeds of such sale shall be accounted for to the probate court and, except for such deductions as the court may make for the payment of debts, legacies, inheritance taxes, and expenses of administration, shall be paid over on distribution of the estate to the person or persons who would have been entitled to such real estate and in the proportions to which they would have been entitled had it not been sold.|||Source. 1929, 68:1. 1933, 171:2. RL 358:19. RSA 559:19. 1977, 310:4, eff. Aug. 26, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:20 - Breach of Bond.

    559:20 Breach of Bond. –||Fraudulent conduct in the sale of real estate, misappropriation of the proceeds thereof, or refusal to account for the same, shall be a breach of the administrator's bond.|||Source. RS 164:12. CS 173:12. GS 182:12. GL 201:12. PS 194:16. PL 305:18. RL 358:20.|
NH Rev Stat § 559:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 559 - License to Sell Real Estate|Section 559:21 - Perpetuation of Evidence.

    559:21 Perpetuation of Evidence. –||Any administrator, purchaser, or person interested may petition the judge to perpetuate the evidence of any facts set forth in a petition relative to any proceeding connected with administration, and the judge, after due notice, may decree that all or any of the facts are proved, and such decree shall be conclusive evidence of those facts.|||Source. RS 164:13. CS 173:13. GS 182:13. GL 201:13. PS 194:17. PL 305:19. RL 358:21.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:1 - Making; Account.

    560:1 Making;  Account. –||The judge may make to the widow of the person deceased, intestate, or testate, a reasonable allowance out of the personal estate, for her present support; and, in the decree of distribution of the personal estate, the whole, or such part thereof as the judge may deem reasonable, shall be accounted as part of her distributive share; and shall be so accounted when she elects to take one third or one half of the real estate, under the provisions of RSA 560:10.|||Source. RS 165:1, 2. 1844, 138:1. CS 175:1, 2. GS 183:1. GL 202:1. PS 195:1. PL 306:1. RL 359:1. 1949, 210:1. RSA 560:1. 1971, 179:19, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:2 - Use of House, Etc.

    560:2 Use of House, Etc. –||The widow may remain in the house of her husband forty days next after his death without being chargeable with rent therefor, and in the meantime shall have her reasonable sustenance out of the estate; and the same shall be taken into consideration by the judge in the allowance he may make to her.|||Source. 1862, 2599:1. GS 183:14. GL 202:12. PS 195:2. PL 306:2. RL 359:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:3 - Dower and Curtesy Abolished.

    560:3 Dower and Curtesy Abolished. –||I. Neither husband or wife, widower or widow, shall be vested with either choate or inchoate right of curtesy or dower in the real estate of his or her spouse.||II, III. [Repealed.]|||Source. RS 165:3. CS 175:3. GS 183:2. GL 202:2. PS 195:3. PL 306:3. RL 359:3. RSA 560:3. 1971, 179:20. 1991, 141:1, eff. July 19, 1991. 2012, 264:3, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:4 - to 560:9 Repealed by 1971, 179:21, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.

    560:4 to 560:9 Repealed by 1971, 179:21, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 560:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:10 - Distribution When Surviving Spouse Waives Testate Distribution.

    560:10 Distribution When Surviving Spouse Waives Testate Distribution. –||Upon the death of either husband or wife, testate, and the surviving spouse has elected to waive the homestead right, if any, and the provisions of the will in his or her favor, if any, and has elected to claim his or her rights hereunder, such surviving spouse shall be vested with the following portion of the estate remaining after the payment of debts and expenses of administration:||I. If there are children of the deceased surviving (whether by the surviving spouse or by previous marriage) or issue of any deceased children, one-third part of the personalty and one-third part of the real estate.||II. If the decedent leaves no children or issue of any deceased children, but does leave mother or father or sister or brother surviving, ten thousand dollars in value thereof of personalty and ten thousand dollars in value of real estate, and also one-half of the remainder above ten thousand dollars in each, the real estate to be assigned to the surviving spouse in the same manner as dower heretofore has been assigned. Where the inventory value of the real estate does not exceed ten thousand dollars, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to the whole of said remainder and no assignment of the same shall be required unless some party in interest shall petition to the probate court therefor.||III. If the decedent leaves no children or issue of any deceased children, nor mother or father, nor sister or brother surviving, ten thousand dollars of the value thereof, plus two thousand dollars for each full year from the date of marriage to decease of spouse, and also one-half in value of the remainder above said sum computed as above, in the personalty, and the same in the real estate, the real estate to be assigned in the same manner as dower has heretofore been assigned. Where the inventory value of the real estate does not exceed ten thousand dollars, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to the whole of said remainder and no assignment of the same shall be required unless some party in interest shall petition the probate court therefor.||IV. That part of the estate not passing to the surviving spouse as provided in paragraphs I through III shall pass in accordance with the terms of the will, provided that the surviving spouse shall take nothing under the will.|||Source. GL 202:7, 8. PS 195:10. 1901, 113:1. 1905, 14:1. 1915, 31:1. 1917, 186:1. PL 306:10. 1933, 118:1. RL 359:10. 1951, 29:1, 2. RSA 560:10. 1957, 261:1, 2. 1971, 179:22. 1973, 293:2. 1974, 18:1, eff. April 2, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:11 - Repealed by 1971, 179:23, I, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.

    560:11 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, I, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 560:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:12 - Repealed by 1971, 179:23, II, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.

    560:12 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, II, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 560:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:13 - Repealed by 1971, 179:23, III, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.

    560:13 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, III, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 560:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:14 - Waiver and Release.

    560:14 Waiver and Release. –||The waiver or release of the will and homestead right provided for in RSA 560:10 shall be made in writing and shall be filed in the probate office within six months after the appointment of an executor or administrator, and not afterwards, unless by permission of the judge of probate for good cause shown. Where real estate is involved, the waiver and release shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of the county where the real estate is situated.|||Source. 1833, 34:1. PS 195:14. PL 306:14. RL 359:14. RSA 560:14. 1967, 227:1. 1971, 179:24, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:15 - Upon Wife.

    560:15 Upon Wife. –||If a settlement was made upon the wife before marriage, which was stipulated to be in lieu of her homestead right, distributive share, or either of them, in her husband's estate, it shall be enforced by the court of probate, and the widow shall not be entitled to any right or rights in lieu of which the settlement was made.|||Source. GS 183:10. GL 202:11. PS 195:15. PL 306:15. RL 359:15. RSA 560:15. 1971, 179:25, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:16 - Upon Husband.

    560:16 Upon Husband. –||A settlement made upon the husband before marriage by the wife shall have a like effect and be enforced in like manner.|||Source. GL 202:17. PS 195:16. PL 306:16. RL 359:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:17 - Effect of Devise, Etc.

    560:17 Effect of Devise, Etc. –||Every devise or bequest by the husband or wife to the other shall be holden to be in lieu of the rights which either has by law in the estate of the other, unless it shall appear by the will that such was not the intention.|||Source. GL 202:18. PS 195:17. PL 306:17. RL 359:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:18 - Effect of Abandonment by Husband.

    560:18 Effect of Abandonment by Husband. –||If a husband has willingly abandoned his wife and has absented himself from her, or has willfully neglected to support her, or has not been heard from, in consequence of his own neglect, for the term of three years next preceding her death, he shall not be entitled to any interest or portion in her estate, real or personal, except such as she may have given to him in her will.|||Source. 1879, 37:1. PS 195:18. PL 306:18. RL 359:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:19 - Effect of Cause for Divorce.

    560:19 Effect of Cause for Divorce. –||If, at the time of the death of either husband or wife, the decedent was justifiably living apart from the surviving husband or wife because such survivor was or had been guilty of conduct which constitutes cause for divorce, such guilty survivor shall not be entitled to any interest or portion in the real or personal estate of said decedent, except such as may be given to such survivor by the will of the deceased.|||Source. PL 306:19. RL 359:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:20 - Payment of Wages to Surviving Spouse.

    560:20 Payment of Wages to Surviving Spouse. –||Any wages, salaries or commissions of a deceased person not exceeding five hundred dollars due from any employer shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the deceased employee without the necessity of administration of his estate. Provided, however, that the surviving spouse shall first file with the employer an affidavit stating that the person so affirming is the surviving spouse of the deceased employee.|||Source. 1955, 69:1, eff. April 11, 1955.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:21 - Liability.

    560:21 Liability. –||An employer making payment in accordance with RSA 560:20 shall not be liable for the sum so paid to the estate of the deceased employee.|||Source. 1955, 69:1, eff. April 11, 1955.|
NH Rev Stat § 560:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 560 - Rights of Surviving Spouse|Section 560:22 - Medical Records of Deceased Spouse or Next of Kin.

    560:22 Medical Records of Deceased Spouse or Next of Kin. –||Where there is no estate administration, the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased may obtain the medical records of the deceased as provided in RSA 332-I:13.|||Source. 2010, 260:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2017, 108:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:2 - Estate of Unmarried Minor.

    561:2 Estate of Unmarried Minor. –||If any person die under age and unmarried his estate, derived by descent or devise from his father or mother, shall descend to his brothers and sisters, or their legal representatives if any, to the exclusion of the other parent.|||Source. RS 166:2. CS 176:2. GS 184:2. GL 203:2. PS 196:2. PL 307:2. RL 360:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:3 - Repealed by 2003, 47:2, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.

    561:3 Repealed by 2003, 47:2, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. –|
NH Rev Stat § 561:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:4 - Inheritance of Children Born of Unwed Parents.

    561:4 Inheritance of Children Born of Unwed Parents. –||I. A child born of unwed parents shall inherit from or through his mother as if born in lawful wedlock. The estate of a person born of unwed parents dying intestate and leaving no issue, nor husband, nor wife shall descend to the mother, and, if the mother is dead, through the line of the mother as if the person so dying were born in lawful wedlock.||II. A child born of unwed parents shall inherit from or through his father as if born in lawful wedlock, under any of the following conditions:||(a) Intermarriage of the parents after the birth of the child.||(b) Acknowledgment of paternity or legitimation by the father.||(c) A court decree adjudges the decedent to be the father before his death.||(d) Paternity is established after the death of the father by clear and convincing evidence.||(e) The decedent had adopted the child.|||Source. 1845, 238:1. RS 166:4. CS 176:4. GS 184:4. GL 203:4. PS 196:4. 1905, 4:1. PL 307:4. RL 360:4. RSA 561:4. 1973, 145:13. 1983, 181:1, eff. June 10, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:5 - Repealed by 1983, 181:2, eff. June 10, 1983.

    561:5 Repealed by 1983, 181:2, eff. June 10, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 561:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:6 - Repealed by 1971, 179:27, eff. Aug. 10, 1971.

    561:6 Repealed by 1971, 179:27, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 561:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:7 - Personal Estate Bequeathed.

    561:7 Personal Estate Bequeathed. –||The personal estate bequeathed by a testator shall be distributed by decree of the judge according to the will.|||Source. RL 360:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:7-a - Interim Distributions Authorized.

    561:7-a Interim Distributions Authorized. –||The personal estate of a person deceased which was not bequeathed or included in a bequest and which remains in the hands of the executor or administrator upon settlement of an account of such fiduciary shall be distributed according to law by decree of the judge. Upon the application of the fiduciary or any interested person, the judge may issue interim orders approving or directing partial distributions or granting other relief at any time during the pendency of administration to effect distributions as expeditiously and efficiently as may be consistent with the best interests of the estate.|||Source. 1975, 285:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:8 - Repealed by 1998, 155:10, V, eff. July 8, 1998.

    561:8 Repealed by 1998, 155:10, V, eff. July 8, 1998. –|
NH Rev Stat § 561:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:9 - Payment to State.

    561:9 Payment to State. –||If no heir or legatee be ascertained at the expiration of three years from the original grant of administration, the judge shall order the administrator to pay the balance into the state treasury, where it shall be subject to the claims of persons entitled thereto, upon application to the legislature.|||Source. RS 166:7. CS 176:8. GS 184:8. GL 203:8. PS 196:8. PL 307:8. RL 360:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:10 - Unclaimed Share.

    561:10 Unclaimed Share. –||I. Whenever, upon a decree of distribution or the settlement of the account of an administrator, executor or trustee, there shall be in his or her hands any sum of money in excess of $5,000 belonging to any heir, legatee, beneficiary, creditor, or other person whose place of residence is unknown and cannot be found, or if such person shall refuse to accept or receipt for such sum after being tendered, the administrator, executor or trustee shall petition the probate court and the court, when satisfied that due diligence has been used to find the person entitled to such sum or that such sum has been tendered to and refused by such heir, legatee, beneficiary, creditor or other person entitled to the same, shall decree that the sum be paid over to the state treasurer, and such payment shall be a discharge of said administrator, executor or trustee. The state treasurer shall hold any such sums received in accordance with RSA 471-C.||II. In the cases of sums of $5,000 or less the probate court, after an affidavit has been filed with it by the administrator, executor or trustee stating that due effort had been made to find the person entitled to such sum, or that said person has refused tender of such sum, may make distribution of such sum in accordance with the provisions of this chapter but as though those entitled thereto under the original decree of distribution or their issue, representatives or assigns had no interest in or against the estate.|||Source. 1893, 14:1. 1897, 7:1. PL 307:9. 1929, 20:1. 1935, 75:1. RL 360:10. RSA 561:10. 1967, 212:1. 1997, 208:18. 2003, 46:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:11 - Receipt by State Treasurer.

    561:11 Receipt by State Treasurer. –||The state treasurer is authorized to receive all sums so paid over to him, and to give receipt therefor in behalf of the state.|||Source. 1893, 14:2. PL 307:10. RL 360:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 561:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LVI - Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates|Title 561 - Descent, Distribution, and Advancements|Section 561:12 - Repealed by 1997, 208:19, I, eff. Aug. 17, 1997.

    561:12 Repealed by 1997, 208:19, I, eff. Aug. 17, 1997. –|