New Hampshire Revised Statutes 550:11 – Accounts; Notice to Beneficiaries
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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 persons beneficially interested as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:12, and all parties appearing of record:
(a) A copy of the account; and
(b) A notice that the account may be approved unless a written objection, containing the specific factual or legal basis for the objection, is filed within 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court. This notice requirement is waived if all assents are filed pursuant to paragraph IV.
III. The fiduciary shall certify to the probate court that the requirements of paragraph II have been complied with.
IV. If the fiduciary files, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:13, assents to the account from all persons beneficially interested as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:12, and all parties appearing of record, the account may be approved earlier than 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court, at the discretion of the court.
(a) Executor;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 550:11
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Probate: Proving a will
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(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 persons beneficially interested as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:12, and all parties appearing of record:
(a) A copy of the account; and
(b) A notice that the account may be approved unless a written objection, containing the specific factual or legal basis for the objection, is filed within 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court. This notice requirement is waived if all assents are filed pursuant to paragraph IV.
III. The fiduciary shall certify to the probate court that the requirements of paragraph II have been complied with.
IV. If the fiduciary files, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:13, assents to the account from all persons beneficially interested as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 550:12, and all parties appearing of record, the account may be approved earlier than 30 days after the date the account is filed in the probate court, at the discretion of the court.