New Hampshire § 560:1 Making;  Account

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 560:1 — Making; Account

New Hampshire § 560:1

Title LVIPROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES

Ch. 560RIGHTS OF SURVIVING SPOUSE

SubdivisionAllowance to Widow

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 560:1 (2026).

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The judge may make to the widow of the person deceased, intestate, or testate, a reasonable allowance out of the personal estate, for her present support; and, in the decree of distribution of the personal estate, the whole, or such part thereof as the judge may deem reasonable, shall be accounted as part of her distributive share; and shall be so accounted when she elects to take one third or one half of the real estate, under the provisions of RSA 560:10.

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The judge may make to the widow of the person deceased, intestate, or testate, a reasonable allowance out of the personal estate, for her present support; and, in the decree of distribution of the personal estate, the whole, or such part thereof as the judge may deem reasonable, shall be accounted as part of her distributive share; and shall be so accounted when she elects to take one third or one half of the real estate, under the provisions of RSA 560:10.