New Hampshire § 556:27 Adjustment of Claims

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 556:27 — Adjustment of Claims

New Hampshire § 556:27

Title LVIPROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES

Ch. 556SUITS BY AND AGAINST ADMINISTRATORS

This text of New Hampshire § 556:27 (Adjustment of Claims) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Hampshire primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 556:27 (2026).

Text

The probate court may authorize administrators and guardians to adjust by compromise or arbitration any controversy between them and persons making claims against the estates in their hands. The attorney general or the director of the register of charitable trusts shall be a necessary party to any agreement between an executor and creditors or legatees or heirs-at-law whenever such agreement may directly or indirectly affect a charitable interest, residuary or otherwise, created in any estate.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The probate court may authorize administrators and guardians to adjust by compromise or arbitration any controversy between them and persons making claims against the estates in their hands. The attorney general or the director of the register of charitable trusts shall be a necessary party to any agreement between an executor and creditors or legatees or heirs-at-law whenever such agreement may directly or indirectly affect a charitable interest, residuary or otherwise, created in any estate.