Stedman April 24, 2017 NH Trust Docket Order

Stedman April 24, 2017 Trust Docket 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 [...]

Stedman June 28, 2017 NH Trust Docket Order

Stedman June 28, 2017 Trust Docket 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 [...]

Stedman July 7, 2017 NH Trust Docket Order

Stedman July 7, 2017 Trust Docket 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 [...]

Patnaude June 29, 2018 NH Supreme Court Order

Patnaude June 29, 2018 Supreme Court Order This order is 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 [...]

Patnaude August 1, 2017 Trust Docket Order

Patnaude August 1, 2017 Trust Docket 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 [...]

Argument Before a “Hot Bench”

The Justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court asked lots of penetrating questions in the oral argument (video link) in In re Estate of Mesiti, an interlocutory appeal presenting an important standing issue of first impression, namely, whether a child can contest a parent’s will without an allegation that he will benefit if he wins. As discussed in […]

NH Trust Docket Decision On Undue Influence and Other Trust Contest Claims (Link to Order)

Congratulations to Frank Kenison and Bridget Denzer on their big win in Bonanno v. Bonanno and many thanks to them for sharing Judge David King’s Final Order, which is a great primer on NH law governing trust contests on undue influence and other grounds.  In these cases, the alleged undue influencer almost always was in a confidential […]