550:1 Petitions. – All proceedings in the court of probate shall be begun by petition to the judge, briefly setting forth the ground of the application. Source. RS 152:1. CS 161:1. GS 173:1. GL 192:1. PS 185:1. PL 296:1. RL 349:1.
550:10 Publication of Notice in Newspaper. – I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever notice is required to be published in a newspaper by any provision of this title, the register of probate shall cause such notice to be published 2 weeks successively in a newspaper which circulates in the town or city […]
550:11 Accounts; Notice to Beneficiaries. – I. In this section, "fiduciary" means any: (a) Executor; (b) Administrator, including voluntary administrator, special administrator, administrator with will annexed, and administrator de bonis non; or (c) Trustee. II. Whenever any fiduciary files an account in the probate court, the fiduciary shall contemporaneously forward the following to all […]
550:12 Person Beneficially Interested Defined. – A person is beneficially interested if the person is: I. An heir or distributee of an intestate estate; II. A residuary legatee under a will; III. A specific legatee under a will, but has not received the legacy; IV. A beneficiary having a vested interest in a trust; […]
550:13 Dispensation of Citation and Notice. – The citation and notice required to be given to any person in any proceeding may be dispensed with upon written assent by such person to such proceeding or upon his written waiver of such citation and notice. A duly appointed guardian ad litem may give assent or […]
550:2 Citation to Fiduciary. – The judge of probate may on his own motion issue a citation directed to any fiduciary appointed by or responsible to the probate court, requiring such fiduciary to appear before him to inform the court concerning any matters related to his trust over which the court has jurisdiction, and […]
550:3 Service of Citation. – Service of citation under the preceding section shall be sufficient if made by registered mail, return receipt requested, at the address of record of the fiduciary. Any expenses incidental to carrying out the provisions of this or the preceding section shall be charged against the estate, and may, in […]
550:4 Cases Requiring No Notice. – The probate court may, at the discretion of the judge, proceed without notice in the following cases: I. In the probate of wills in common form. II. In the appointment of the person entitled to such trust, or of the person by him nominated, as administrator. III. In […]
550:5 Citation to Parties Interested. – In all cases in which notice is required a citation shall be issued, or an order of notice made to the parties interested, to appear at the court at a day and place therein appointed, that they may be heard if they see cause. Source. RS 155:2. CS […]
550:6 Service. – Every citation or order of court to an individual, requiring him to perform a particular duty, shall be served by giving to him in person or leaving at his abode a certified copy thereof, if he resides in this state, twelve days at least before the day of hearing. Source. RS […]
550:7 Service Outside the State, Etc. – Every citation or order of notice to a person residing out of the state, or to the widow, heirs, devisees, legatees, creditors or persons interested in an estate, in general terms, to be present at a proceeding relative to the estate, shall be served by giving to […]
550:8 Additional Notice. – In addition to the notice prescribed in the preceding sections, the judge may order personal notice, or notice sent by mail, to any person interested, or notice by publication in a newspaper printed elsewhere, as he shall deem proper in the case. Source. RS 155:5. CS 164:5. GS 173:6. GL […]
550:9 Exceptions; Other Notice. – Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no publication or service of any petition, motion, pleading, or other proceeding, shall be required as to any party or person who has filed, or for whom there has been filed, in the probate registry, an appearance in writing, and notice shall […]
