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If someone dies without a will in New Hampshire, their surviving family must file a petition for estate administration, which leaves the court in charge of asset distribution. New Hampshire probate court rules allow one personal representative to assist their efforts.

CLOSING THE ESTATE You must file it, along with a filing fee, with the Circuit Court Probate Division for its approval. Once the final account is accepted by the court, you should make the final distribution of assets.

You may be able to avoid probate in New Hampshire by: Making a Revocable Living Trust. Titling property: Joint Tenancy. Community Property With Right of Survivorship. Tenancy by the Entirety. Create accounts as TOD or POD (Transfer on Death; Payable on Death) Establish beneficiaries.

If you die intestate unmarried and with no children, then by law, your parents inherit your entire estate. If your parents are no longer living, your siblings are next in line. And if you die intestate and don't have any surviving family, your property goes back to the state, though this is rare.

Pursuant to RSA 5, Waiver of Administration may be used when one of the following conditions is present (with or without a will): (1) Whenever a decedent dies testate and an individual is named in the will as the sole beneficiary of the decedent's estate and is appointed to serve as administrator.

Form NHJB-2145-Pe, a Petition for Estate Administration, opens a case in New Hampshire's probate system. If the affiant has not yet been appointed the administrator of the estate and there is no other application, this will make the affiant an administrator.