Demand Exhibition Deadline Applies To Estate Creditor With Contingent Claim (Link to NH Trust Docket Order)

In Christo v. Silk, the NH Trust Docket confirmed that a potential creditor who might in the future have a claim against a probate estate must, like a creditor holding a fully actionable claim, exhibit a demand on the administrator within the first six months of administration under RSA 556:2-3.   Linda Christo was a principal beneficiary of the estate plan […]

NH Trust Law Recommended Resources

Thanks to the leadership of the New Hampshire Trust Council, the dedication and foresight of political leaders of both parties, and the support of our trust bar, NH has serially modernized its trust and estate law to become among the most attractive and accommodative jurisdictions in the country for the siting of trusts.  Reflecting the […]

NH Probate Court Presentation: “2018 Cases & Topics of Note” (Link To Orders)

On December 5, 2018, NH Probate Court Judge David King, Retired Judge and Judicial Referee Gary Cassavechia, and Court Counsel Beth Kissinger gave a highly informative and interesting presentation to the T&E bar on significant probate court decisions of the past year and some pending appeals.  The comments were strictly factual and, because Probate Court […]

NH Trust Docket Declines To Recognize Inheritance Interference Claim (Link to Order)

In Swenson v. Silk et al. in a thoughtful, scholarly order, Judge David King declined to recognize intentional interference with inheritance as a claim in New Hampshire.  The Swenson petitioners as trustees and beneficiaries of a trust claim that a deceased predecessor trustee breached his fiduciary duties by making impermissible trust distributions to himself and that these distributions were […]