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RSA 552:6 · Proof, Common Form

Title
LVI: PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter
552 · PROBATE OF WILLS
Status
current
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552:6 Proof, Common Form. – If the probate of a will is not contested the judge may allow and approve it in common form, upon the testimony of one of the subscribing witnesses, though the others are living and within process of the court, or upon the assent of the surviving spouse, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and, in the case of an unnamed charitable interest, the assent of the director of charitable trusts, without the need for a witness to appear. Source. RS 157:6. CS 166:6. GS 175:6. GL 194:6. PS 187:6. PL 298:6. RL 351:6. RS 552:6. 1983, 255:4. 1985, 200:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2013, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.

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Source. RS 157:6. CS 166:6. GS 175:6. GL 194:6. PS 187:6. PL 298:6. RL 351:6. RS 552:6. 1983, 255:4. 1985, 200:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2013, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.

Source history

  • 1983, 255:4
  • 1985, 200:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986
  • 2013, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014
  • RS 157:6. CS 166:6. GS 175:6. GL 194:6. PS 187:6. PL 298:6. RL 351:6. RS 552:6

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  • 2014 SB289 Signed By Governor add

    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

  • 2013 SB107 Signed By Governor amend

    SHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen AN ACT relative to probate administration. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 67:1 Proof, Common Form. Amend RSA 552:6 to read as follows: 552:6 Proof, Common Form. If the probate of a will is not contested the judge may allow and approve it in common form, upon the testimony of one of the subscribing witnesses, though the oth

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