Section 556:28 – Extension of Time.
556:28 Extension of Time. – Whenever any person has a claim against the estate of a deceased person, which has not been prosecuted within the time limited by law, such person may apply to the court having subject matter jurisdiction over the nature of the claim, by petition setting forth all the facts; and […]
Section 556:29 – Two-Year Limitation.
556:29 Two-Year Limitation. – If no administration shall have been granted upon the estate of a deceased person within two years from the date of death, no creditor of the deceased shall thereafter be entitled to maintain any action or proceeding in any court to appropriate the real estate or interests therein of which […]
Section 556:30 – Estates of Presently Deceased Persons.
556:30 Estates of Presently Deceased Persons. – The provisions of RSA 556:29 shall not apply to the estate of a person deceased prior to five o’clock p.m., April 8, 1941, until two years from said date. Source. 1941, 54:1. RL 355:30.
Section 556:31 – Confidential Communications.
556:31 Confidential Communications. – I. A communication between an attorney and a client acting as an administrator is privileged and protected from disclosure to the same extent as if the client was acting in his, her, or its individual capacity and was not acting as an administrator. II. The privilege under paragraph I is […]
Section 556:18 – Appeals.
556:18 Appeals. – Any appeal to which the deceased was entitled, or which might be prosecuted against him at the time of his decease, may be begun or prosecuted by or against his administrator. Source. RS 161:16. 1844, 139:1. CS 170:16. GS 179:16. GL 198:16. PS 191:17. PL 302:18. RL 355:18.
Section 556:19 – Action by Interested Person.
556:19 Action by Interested Person. – Any person interested in the estate of a person deceased may begin an action as administrator, which shall not be abated nor the attachment lost because such person is not administrator, nor by his decease, if the administrator then or afterward appointed shall, at the first or second […]
Section 556:20 – Administrator’s Death, Etc.
556:20 Administrator’s Death, Etc. – An action in which an administrator is party shall not be abated by reason of his death, or of the extinguishment or revocation of his trust, but may be prosecuted or defended by the administrator succeeding to the trust, who may be called into court by scire facias, in […]
Section 556:21 – Joint Demands.
556:21 Joint Demands. – The estate of a person deceased and the administrator thereof shall be liable upon joint demands against the deceased and another person, as they would be if the demands were joint and several, unless it appears that it was the intention of the parties that the survivor only should be […]
Section 556:22 – Actions Between Administrators.
556:22 Actions Between Administrators. – A joint administrator or guardian may have an action of account or assumpsit against the other administrator or guardian who shall refuse to apply the estate in his hands to the discharge of the just demands against it, or who shall refuse to account therefor, and he shall recover […]
Section 556:23 – Neglect to Become Party.
556:23 Neglect to Become Party. – If an administrator, having been duly served with a scire facias, shall not become party to a suit, judgment may be rendered against the estate of the deceased in the same manner as if he had become a party. Source. RS 161:17. CS 170:17. GS 179:17. GL 198:17. […]