Tag: Will &amp; Trust Contests

Under our law, a will or trust cannot be successfully challenged by showing that its dispositions are unfair. The intent ...

Trustee’s Right To Expend Trust Assets To Defend Against Trust Contest (Links to Pleading and Order)

In a recent case, a beneficiary who is challenging the validity of a trust requested that the Probate Court order ...

NH Supreme Court Decides Will Contest Standing Issue Of First Impression (Link to Order)

In In re Estate of Mesiti, the NH Supreme Court ruled that heir status alone confers standing to contest a ...

Gafford February 14, 2019 NH Probate Court Order on Motion to Require Trustee to Personally Pay Defense Costs

This order is offered as a sample for educational purposes only. References to law and rules may not be current ...

Mesiti January 31, 2019 NH Supreme Court Order on Standing

This order is offered as a sample for educational purposes only. References to law and rules may not be current ...

Objection to Motion to Require To Require Trustee to Personally Pay Defense Costs

July 2, 2024

This pleading is offered as a sample for educational purposes only. References to law and rules may not be current ...

NH Probate Court Presentation: “2018 Cases & Topics of Note” (Link To Orders)

On December 5, 2018, NH Probate Court Judge David King, Retired Judge and Judicial Referee Gary Cassavechia, and Court Counsel ...

Stedman August 15, 2018 NH Supreme Court Order

Stedman August 15, 2018 Supreme Court Order This order is offered as a sample for educational purposes only. References to ...

Stedman February 16, 2017 NH Trust Docket Order