New Hampshire Statutes
§ 560:18 — Effect of Abandonment by Husband
New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 560 RIGHTS OF SURVIVING SPOUSE·Subdivision Miscellaneous Provisions
If a husband has willingly abandoned his wife and has absented himself from her, or has willfully neglected to support her, or has not been heard from, in consequence of his own neglect, for the term of three years next preceding her death, he shall not be entitled to any interest or portion in her estate, real or personal, except such as she may have given to him in her will.
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Legislative History
1879, 37:1. PS 195:18. PL 306:18. RL 359:18.
Nearby Sections
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§ 560:1
Making; Account§ 560:14
Waiver and Release§ 560:15
Upon Wife§ 560:16
Upon Husband§ 560:17
Effect of Devise, Etc§ 560:18
Effect of Abandonment by Husband§ 560:19
Effect of Cause for Divorce§ 560:2
Use of House, Etc§ 560:21
Liability