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New Hampshire Estate Planning

If you’re making an estate plan in New Hampshire, start here. Learn how to make a will, trust, and power of attorney (POA) that are valid in your state, or get more information about estate planning and funeral laws specific to New Hampshire.

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A will can help you protect your family and your property in New Hampshire.

If you die without a will in New Hampshire, your assets will go to your closest relatives under state “intestate succession” laws.

Learn how to make a living trust in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire offers a probate shortcut for "small estates." This makes it easier for survivors to transfer property left by a person who has died.

New Hampshire offers a probate shortcut for "small estates." This makes it easier for survivors to transfer property left by a person who has died.

Probate court proceedings (during which a deceased person's assets are transferred to the people who inherit them) can be long, costly, and confusing.

New Hampshire lawmakers have been trying for years to pass an aid in dying law that would allow terminally ill patients to request life-ending medication.

Learn how to get a death certificate and where you can bury a body or scatter ashes in New Hampshire.

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