New Hampshire · Estate & Probate
The New Hampshire Wills, Trusts & Estates Guide
A guide to New Hampshire's unique trust laws, will requirements, probate process, and planning for your assets and healthcare.
2026-2027 Edition · Cited to New Hampshire law · Plain language
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How wills, trusts and estates work in New Hampshire
Will signing rules, intestate succession, the Trust Code, directed and asset protection trusts, and incapacity documents, explained.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
New Hampshire pairs a highly modern, flexible trust system with strict, traditional rules for signing a will. That mix creates real planning options, and real room for mistakes.
The New Hampshire Wills, Trusts & Estates Guide explains both sides. It covers who can make a will, the requirement of two credible witnesses, why a handwritten will without witnesses is not valid, and how a self-proved will can simplify probate in the Circuit Court Probate Division. It explains intestate succession, including the spouse's share, and New Hampshire's limited recognition of common law marriage at death.
The guide also explains the New Hampshire Trust Code, RSA 564-B, and the tools that make the state a trust destination:
• Revocable and irrevocable trusts and how a living trust differs from a will
• Directed trusts, trust advisors and trust protectors
• Asset protection trusts and trust decanting
• Durable financial powers of attorney and advance directives
• Duties and rights of executors, trustees and beneficiaries
Written for people making a plan and for those carrying one out, it ends with checklists, tables, a glossary and sample clauses. Legal information, not legal advice.
WHAT’S INSIDE
- The Foundation: New Hampshire's Common Law and Statutory Framework
- The Last Will and Testament: Your Instructions for After You're Gone
- Trusts in New Hampshire: A Powerful Tool for Managing Assets
- Planning for Incapacity: Documents for While You Are Living
- Exceptions, Defenses, and Special Rules
- Rights of an Executor, Trustee, or Beneficiary
- Step-by-step procedures from each side, with deadlines at a glance
- 24 real-world questions and answers
- Statute index, key court decisions and official forms
- Toolkit: checklists, comparison tables, glossary and common mistakes to avoid
WHY READERS TRUST THIS GUIDE
Plain language. Cited to the statute. Dated so you know it is current.
Every rule is cited to New Hampshire law so you can verify it.
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Every rule names the section of New Hampshire law it comes from, so you can read the source yourself.
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Written to be read start to finish by someone with no legal training, with worked examples.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY
New Hampshire will requirements: what to know before you order.
Straight answers about what the guide is, what it covers and how it reaches you.
Does a will need to be notarized in New Hampshire?
No. A valid will must be in writing, signed by the testator and attested by two credible witnesses. Notarization is part of making a will self-proved, which the guide explains.
Can a handwritten will be valid in New Hampshire?
Only if it meets the same witnessing rules as any other will. New Hampshire does not recognize unwitnessed handwritten wills. The guide explains the signing requirements.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is legal information in plain language, cited to the law, so you understand your options and know what to ask. Reading it creates no attorney-client relationship.
Is it written for New Hampshire?
Yes. This guide is written for New Hampshire law and cites the New Hampshire statutes and rules it relies on. If your case is in another state, choose that state's edition.
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