560:1 Making; Account. – The judge may make to the widow of the person deceased, intestate, or testate, a reasonable allowance out of the personal estate, for her present support; and, in the decree of distribution of the personal estate, the whole, or such part thereof as the judge may deem reasonable, shall be […]
560:10 Distribution When Surviving Spouse Waives Testate Distribution. – Upon the death of either husband or wife, testate, and the surviving spouse has elected to waive the homestead right, if any, and the provisions of the will in his or her favor, if any, and has elected to claim his or her rights hereunder, […]
560:11 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, I, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –
560:12 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, II, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –
560:13 Repealed by 1971, 179:23, III, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –
560:14 Waiver and Release. – The waiver or release of the will and homestead right provided for in RSA 560:10 shall be made in writing and shall be filed in the probate office within six months after the appointment of an executor or administrator, and not afterwards, unless by permission of the judge of […]
560:15 Upon Wife. – If a settlement was made upon the wife before marriage, which was stipulated to be in lieu of her homestead right, distributive share, or either of them, in her husband’s estate, it shall be enforced by the court of probate, and the widow shall not be entitled to any right […]
560:16 Upon Husband. – A settlement made upon the husband before marriage by the wife shall have a like effect and be enforced in like manner. Source. GL 202:17. PS 195:16. PL 306:16. RL 359:16.
560:17 Effect of Devise, Etc. – Every devise or bequest by the husband or wife to the other shall be holden to be in lieu of the rights which either has by law in the estate of the other, unless it shall appear by the will that such was not the intention. Source. GL […]
560:18 Effect of Abandonment by Husband. – If a husband has willingly abandoned his wife and has absented himself from her, or has willfully neglected to support her, or has not been heard from, in consequence of his own neglect, for the term of three years next preceding her death, he shall not be […]
560:19 Effect of Cause for Divorce. – If, at the time of the death of either husband or wife, the decedent was justifiably living apart from the surviving husband or wife because such survivor was or had been guilty of conduct which constitutes cause for divorce, such guilty survivor shall not be entitled to […]
560:2 Use of House, Etc. – The widow may remain in the house of her husband forty days next after his death without being chargeable with rent therefor, and in the meantime shall have her reasonable sustenance out of the estate; and the same shall be taken into consideration by the judge in the […]
560:20 Payment of Wages to Surviving Spouse. – Any wages, salaries or commissions of a deceased person not exceeding five hundred dollars due from any employer shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the deceased employee without the necessity of administration of his estate. Provided, however, that the surviving spouse shall first file […]
560:21 Liability. – An employer making payment in accordance with RSA 560:20 shall not be liable for the sum so paid to the estate of the deceased employee. Source. 1955, 69:1, eff. April 11, 1955.
560:22 Medical Records of Deceased Spouse or Next of Kin. – Where there is no estate administration, the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased may obtain the medical records of the deceased as provided in RSA 332-I:13. Source. 2010, 260:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2017, 108:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.
560:3 Dower and Curtesy Abolished. – I. Neither husband or wife, widower or widow, shall be vested with either choate or inchoate right of curtesy or dower in the real estate of his or her spouse. II, III. [Repealed.] Source. RS 165:3. CS 175:3. GS 183:2. GL 202:2. PS 195:3. PL 306:3. RL 359:3. […]
560:4 to 560:9 Repealed by 1971, 179:21, eff. Aug. 10, 1971. –
