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Devine’s Probate team recently received an Order from the Probate Division, Judge Quigley, which provided a positive outcome for its client.  The Order stems from a petition to partition real estate that was originally...

Under New Hampshire law, if a decedent’s child or issue (e.g. grandchild) is not named or referred to in the decedent’s Will and that child or issue is not a devisee or legatee under the Will (that is, they are not...

For many people estate planning seems like a confusing, complicated and uneasy topic, better to avoid for a later date.  Nobody wants to think about death.  At the same time most people have had some direct experience with,...

On August 15, 2018, the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued an order in In re Alice Stedman 1989 Trust 2013 Restatement, Case No. 2017-0288, a case concerning a challenge to a restatement to a trust on the grounds of undue...

With the increase in the number of challenges to wills and trusts, it should come as no surprise that many estate planning documents contain language to protect against frivolous challenges. These so-called “no contest”...