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RSA 552:1 · Requirement
552:1 Requirement. – No will shall be effectual to pass either real or personal estate unless duly proved and allowed in the court of probate; and the probate of a will devising real estate shall be conclusive as to its due execution, as in case of a will of personal estate. Source. RS 157:1. CS 166:1. GS 175:1. GL 194:1. PS 187:1. PL 298:1. RL 351:1.
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Source. RS 157:1. CS 166:1. GS 175:1. GL 194:1. PS 187:1. PL 298:1. RL 351:1.
Source history
- RS 157:1. CS 166:1. GS 175:1. GL 194:1. PS 187:1. PL 298:1. RL 351:1
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2021 HB485
Senate
reference
ll run from the date of the grant of full administration. All other deadlines, including but not limited to the deadline to request proof in solemn form in RSA 552:7, the notice to legatees and heirs at law in RSA 552:15, the publication of notice of appointment in RSA 553:16, the requirement that an estate be open for at least 6 months before a motion for summary administration may be filed in RSA 553:33, II, for petitioning
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2021 SB134
Signed By Governor
reference
ll run from the date of the grant of full administration. All other deadlines, including but not limited to the deadline to request proof in solemn form in RSA 552:7, the notice to legatees and heirs at law in RSA 552:15, the publication of notice of appointment in RSA 553:16, the requirement that an estate be open for at least 6 months before a motion for summary administration may be filed in RSA 553:33, II, for petitioning
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2020 HB1234
Vetoed By Governor
reference
ll run from the date of the grant of full administration. All other deadlines, including but not limited to the deadline to request proof in solemn form in RSA 552:7, the notice to legatees and heirs at law in RSA 552:15, the publication of notice of appointment in RSA 553:16, the requirement that an estate be open for at least 6 months before a motion for summary administration may be filed in RSA 553:33, II, for petitioning
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2020 SB525
Senate
reference
ll run from the date of the grant of full administration. All other deadlines, including but not limited to the deadline to request proof in solemn form in RSA 552:7, the notice to legatees and heirs at law in RSA 552:15, the publication of notice of appointment in RSA 553:16, the requirement that an estate be open for at least 6 months before a motion for summary administration may be filed in RSA 553:33, II, for petitioning
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2017 SB40
House
reference
r life, an individual may commence a judicial proceeding to determine the validity of his or her electronic will, subject only to the electronic will’s subsequent modification or revocation, in accordance with RSA 552:18, in the same manner as if it were the original will formally executed in accordance with RSA 551:2. For purposes of commencing the proceeding under this section, the individual shall be domiciled in this state
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2014 SB289
Signed By Governor
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ial proceeding for purposes of determining whether the executor’s exercise of discretion under paragraph VI or VII was made in good faith. 195:4 New Section; Probate of Wills; Proof of Wills During Life. Amend RSA 552 by inserting after section 17 the following new section: 552:18 Proof of Will During Life. I. During his or her life, an individual may commence a judicial proceeding to determine the validity of his or her wi
Opinions and discipline decisions mentioning this RSA
- In re Teresa E. Craig Living Trust - January 16, 2018 - Supreme Court e-brief
- In re Estate of Lorraine R. O’Neill - April 7, 2020 - Supreme Court e-brief
- Circuit Court - Rules of the Circuit Court of the State of New Hampshire -- Probate Division - Rule 96-A. PROOF OF VALIDITY OF WILL/TRUST. court_rule
- In re Estate of Dan T. Buckless - March 2, 2016 - Supreme Court case order
- Edwin C. Ross, et al. v. Philip A. Carlino, Executor U/W/O Jean C. Warden - March 7, 1979 - Supreme Court opinion
- In re Estate of Katherine E. Fuller - March 7, 1979 - Supreme Court opinion
- In re Stamatia Pafelis Estate - October 6, 1967 - Supreme Court opinion