Private Sale At Appraised Price Affirmed As Partition Remedy (Link to NH Supreme Court Opinion)
When clients tell a partner of mine that they want to leave their beloved vacation home to their children, he...
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Trustee’s Right To Expend Trust Assets To Defend Against Trust Contest (Links to Pleading and Order)
In a recent case, a beneficiary who is challenging the validity of a trust requested that the Probate Court order...
NH Supreme Court Decides Will Contest Standing Issue Of First Impression (Link to Order)
In In re Estate of Mesiti, the NH Supreme Court ruled that heir status alone confers standing to contest a...
Excellent Article On The NH Foundation Act
My partner Steve Burke, Thanda Brassard of Fiduciary Trust Company, Von E. Sanborn of Day Pitney LLP, and Constance Shields...
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...
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,...
Upcoming Presentation: Trust Decanting and Pretermitted Heirs
At the February 6 meeting of the Trust & Estates section of the NH Bar Association, Alyssa Graham Garrigan and I...
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...
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...
Trust Decanting and Pretermitted Heir CLE Slides
I have the pleasure today of presenting at the 36th Annual Tax Forum of the NH CPA Society and the...
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