New Hampshire Statutes
§ 562-A:4 — Effect of Severance or Revocation
New Hampshire·Title LVI PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES·Ch. 562-A EFFECT OF MURDER ON INTESTATE SUCCESSION, WILLS, JOINT ASSETS, LIFE INSURANCE, AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS
I.A severance under RSA 562-A:3, II does not affect any third-party interest in property acquired for value and in good faith reliance on an apparent title by survivorship in the killer unless a writing declaring the severance has been noted, registered, filed, or recorded in records appropriate to the kind and location of the property that are relied upon, in the ordinary course of transactions involving such property, as evidence of ownership.
II.Provisions of a governing instrument are given effect as if the killer predeceased the decedent.
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Legislative History
2025, 237:1, eff. July 15, 2025.
Nearby Sections
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§ 562-A:1
Definitions§ 562-A:2
Forfeiture of Statutory Benefits§ 562-A:4
Effect of Severance or Revocation§ 562-A:5
Murder; How Determined§ 562-A:8
Time of Application of Forfeiture§ 562-A:9
Criminal Prosecution Not Affected