New Hampshire § 464-A:17 Appointment for Absentees

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 464-A:17 — Appointment for Absentees

New Hampshire § 464-A:17

Title XLIVGUARDIANS AND CONSERVATORS

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 464-A:17 (2026).

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Whenever an absentee has an interest in any form of property in this state or is a legal resident of this state and has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act in his or her behalf in regard to such property or interest, then, the probate court of the county of such absentee's legal domicile or of the county where the property is located, either on the court's own motion or upon petition alleging the foregoing facts and showing the necessity for providing care of the property of such absentee made by any person who would have an interest in the property of the absentee were such absentee deceased, after notice to, or on receipt of proper waivers from, the heirs and next of kin of the absentee as provided by law for the administration of an estate, as well as n

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Whenever an absentee has an interest in any form of property in this state or is a legal resident of this state and has not provided an adequate power of attorney authorizing another to act in his or her behalf in regard to such property or interest, then, the probate court of the county of such absentee's legal domicile or of the county where the property is located, either on the court's own motion or upon petition alleging the foregoing facts and showing the necessity for providing care of the property of such absentee made by any person who would have an interest in the property of the absentee were such absentee deceased, after notice to, or on receipt of proper waivers from, the heirs and next of kin of the absentee as provided by law for the administration of an estate, as well as notice by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of such absentee's legal domicile or of the county where the property is located and, if in a different county, once in a newspaper of general circulation of the county where such absentee was last seen, and upon good cause being shown, may, after finding the facts to be as aforesaid, appoint a conservator to take charge of the absentee's estate, under the supervision and subject to the further orders of the court.