NH Supreme Court Holds Will’s Choice of Law Provision Does Not Control Pretermitted Heir Claim

Congratulations to Nadine Catalfimo and Lisa Bellanti for their win in In re Estate of Marie G. Dow in which the Court held that NH law governs a pretermitted heir claim, notwithstanding that the will recites that the estate is “to be administered and enforced according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”  The decision […]

Dow October 21, 2019 NH Probate Court Order

This Order is offered for educational purposes only. References to law and rules may not be current or accurate.  Counsel must evaluate whether the Order has utility in a given case. (Note: Ralph Holmes is currently retired from McLane Middleton. For information on this or other probate litigation issues, please contact Alexandra Cote at alexandra.cote@mclane.com.) […]

Craig Case Update

In a prior post, I discussed that a decision by the NH Supreme Court in In re Teresa Craig Living Trust finding that the NH pretermitted heir statute applies to trusts would upheave NH trust law.  Given that the case turns on the interpretation of section 1-112 of the NH Trust Code, which is drawn from the […]