Title LVI, Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates

A settlement made upon the husband before marriage by the wife shall have a like effect and be enforced in like manner.

Every devise or bequest by the husband or wife to the other shall be holden to be in lieu of the rights which either has by law in the estate of the other, unless it shall appear by the will that such was not the intention.

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 interes…

If, at the time of the death of either husband or wife, the decedent was justifiably living apart from the surviving husband or wife because such survivor was or had been guilty of conduct which constitutes cause for divorce, such guilty survivor shall not be entitled to any inte…

The widow may remain in the house of her husband forty days next after his death without being chargeable with rent therefor, and in the meantime shall have her reasonable sustenance out of the estate; and the same shall be taken into consideration by the judge in the allowance h…

Any wages, salaries or commissions of a deceased person not exceeding five hundred dollars due from any employer shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the deceased employee without the necessity of administration of his estate. Provided, however, that the surviving spouse shal…

An employer making payment in accordance with RSA 560:20 shall not be liable for the sum so paid to the estate of the deceased employee.

Where there is no estate administration, the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased may obtain the medical records of the deceased as provided in RSA 332-I:13.

I. Neither husband or wife, widower or widow, shall be vested with either choate or inchoate right of curtesy or dower in the real estate of his or her spouse. II, III. [Repealed.]