Annotate Legal New Hampshire Probate Forms For Free

After a person dies, the state supervises the administration of his or her estate in a process called probate. New Hampshire does not require every estate to go through probate. Review the state's probate rules to inform your estate plans and ensure your executor can carry out your wishes as intended.

Under New Hampshire law, if you are named as executor in a will, you have thirty (30) days after the decedent's death to file the will with the Circuit Court in addition to one of the forms listed below.

New Hampshire probate follows this general flow: contact the court, get appointed as personal representative, submit will if it exists, inventory and submit valuations of all relevant assets, have the court and beneficiaries approve it, and then distribute the assets to beneficiaries.

Call (603) 229-0002 for more information. In New Hampshire, the administration of a decedent's estate comes under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court Probate Division and a list of those courts is provided in the back of this b o o k l e t .

Before the terms of a will can be accepted, the will must be proven in probate court. Probate is the court-supervised process of distributing the estate of a deceased person. A New Hampshire will must be filed with the probate court within 30 days of the decedent's death.

While an attorney is not required to probate an estate, involving a lawyer minimizes the likelihood of inadvertent deviation from the fiduciary standard. All assets need to be identified and an inventory is provided to the Probate Court within a specific time frame of getting the Certificate of Appointment.