New Hampshire Guardianship Planning

New Hampshire guardianship planning turns on one number the rest of the country does not use. Before a judge may appoint a guardian for an adult here, RSA 464-A:9, III requires four findings proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the standard from criminal trials. Almost every other state settles for clear and convincing evidence. That bar, plus your right under RSA 464-A:10 to name your own guardian and to bar anyone you exclude, is what the documents you sign today actually control.

This guide covers the adult case under RSA 464-A, the separate track for children under RSA 463, and the alternatives the statute itself counts. Sign a power of attorney instead and an advance directive instead while you still can, because both become impossible the day capacity goes. It is general information, not legal advice. Confirm anything time-sensitive with the circuit court clerk handling your case or a licensed New Hampshire attorney.

New Hampshire Proves Adult Guardianship Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Two sections say it, so there is no room to read it down. RSA 464-A:8, IV states that in these proceedings "there is a legal presumption of capacity," puts the burden on the petitioner, and says the proof "must be established beyond reasonable doubt that the proposed ward is incapacitated and in need of a guardian." RSA 464-A:9, III then repeats it: the court may appoint only "after finding in the record based on evidence beyond a reasonable doubt."

Here is what that changes on the ground. A family that files with a doctor's letter and a worried narrative will lose. New Hampshire wants dated, specific incidents, and it puts a clock on them. RSA 464-A:2, XI says incapacity is a legal disability rather than a medical one, measured by functional limitations, and that all evidence of inability must have occurred within 6 months before the petition was filed, with at least one incident inside 20 days of filing. The same paragraph rules out whole categories of proof: isolated instances of simple negligence or improvidence, lack of money, and any act or statement that was the product of an informed judgment do not count.

New Hampshire also runs no court visitor and orders no capacity evaluation. RSA 464-A:8, III limits the medical affidavit to proving the person cannot attend the hearing, and says it "shall not be considered in determining his or her incapacity." Do not port a court-visitor-plus-evaluation sequence from a Uniform Guardianship Act state onto a New Hampshire case. It does not exist here.

Guardian of the Person, Guardian of the Estate, and What Conservator Means

New Hampshire splits the job in two and uses the word conservator for something else entirely.

• Guardian of the person. Custody of the adult, where the adult lives, medical and personal care, and whatever else the order grants (RSA 464-A:25).
• Guardian of the estate. Possession and management of the adult's real and personal property, rents, income and benefits, with a duty to account (RSA 464-A:26). This is New Hampshire's involuntary property appointment, and it is what most states call a conservatorship.
• Conservator. Under RSA 464-A:13 an adult who deems themselves unfit by reason of mental or physical disability applies to the court for a conservator of their own property. The court holds a hearing and has to find that the person applied voluntarily and voluntarily chose the person nominated. A conservator here is someone you ask for.

The court can appoint one person to both jobs or name co-guardians, one of the person and one of the estate. The statute still calls the protected adult the ward (RSA 464-A:2, XVI), so New Hampshire orders and forms use that word.

Name Your Own Guardian, and Name Who Cannot Serve

RSA 464-A:10, IV gives New Hampshire residents more control over this than most states do, and the exclusion power is the part people miss.

Any competent person may sign a written instrument that nominates one or more guardians of their person, their estate, or both, names substitutes if a first choice cannot serve, and names anyone the signer wishes to keep out of consideration. Four rules follow from that paragraph:

1. The nomination and the exclusion both continue until revoked and survive later mental or physical disability (subparagraph (b)).
2. A qualified nominee who is willing to serve shall be appointed, unless the court finds that person could not carry out the reasonably foreseeable duties (subparagraph (c)).
3. Under no circumstances may the court appoint a person the instrument excludes by name (subparagraph (d)).
4. The whole paragraph creates a rebuttable presumption that the person you named gets appointed (subparagraph (e)).

The one person you cannot exclude is the public guardianship and protection program. Execution matters as much as content: the instrument has to be executed the way RSA 477:9 requires for a power of attorney to convey real estate, which means signing and acknowledging it in front of a notary public or a justice of the peace rather than signing it at the kitchen table.

You can reach the same result inside a financial power of attorney. RSA 564-E:108 lets you nominate a guardian of your person or estate in the document itself, and the court appoints according to your most recent nomination except for good cause shown or disqualification. That section also settles what happens if a guardian is later appointed anyway: your power of attorney does not automatically end, but the court-appointed fiduciary gains the same power you had to revoke, suspend or limit it.

The Four Findings a Judge Has to Make

RSA 464-A:9, III lists them, and every one has to be met on evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Fail any single finding and the petition dies.

Finding (c) is the one planning documents win or lose. RSA 464-A:2, II defines an available alternative resource by listing them: visiting nurses, homemakers, home health aides, adult day care, multipurpose senior citizen centers, powers of attorney, supported decision-making agreements under RSA 464-D, representative and protective payees, and board and care residential care facilities. Anything on that list that already works for the person is evidence against the petition.

Two smaller rules sit alongside the findings. RSA 464-A:9, III-a gives the probate court 45 calendar days from filing to decide a petition where the proposed ward is already an involuntary inpatient. RSA 464-A:9, III-b lets the court appoint for a shorter period than the petition sought, and forbids appointing for a longer one.

The Rights the Court Cannot Quietly Remove

RSA 464-A:9, IV is a limited-guardianship mandate written into the statute. No one adjudicated incapacitated loses any legal right, including the right to marry, to obtain a motor vehicle operator's license, to testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding, to make a will, to convey or hold property, to contract, or to have access to and grant release of their own confidential records and papers, except on specific findings of the court. The next sentence is the enforcement: "The court shall enumerate in its findings which legal rights the proposed ward is incapable of exercising."

So a New Hampshire order should read as a list. Anything the judge did not name stays with the person, and the letters of guardianship have to spell out the specific legal limits the court placed on the guardian's powers (RSA 464-A:11, II(d)).

A 2024 amendment tightened the records piece. Effective January 1, 2025, RSA 464-A:9, IV-a requires the guardian to give the ward medical, financial or other records within 10 days of the ward's request unless the court has already ordered that the ward be deprived of that access. A guardian who wants the right removed has to petition within 10 days of the request, and the court may remove it only on a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the ward cannot exercise it. The source line on that section reads "2024, 265:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2025."

How an Adult Guardianship Case Runs

1. Verified petition. Any relative, public official or interested person may file, and so may the adult on their own behalf. RSA 464-A:4, II sets what it must state, down to the names and addresses of adult spouses, parents, children and siblings, an approximate value of the property, whether guardianship of the person, the estate or both is sought, and whether the appointment is asked for an indefinite or a limited period.
2. Statement of facts. RSA 464-A:4, III requires a separate statement filed with the petition setting out specific financial transactions, personal actions or actual occurrences claimed to show the inability. This is where the RSA 464-A:2, XI evidence window bites.
3. Counsel appears immediately. RSA 464-A:6, I makes the right to a lawyer absolute and unconditional, and the court appoints one for the proposed ward immediately on filing if they have none. Since October 9, 2021 the judicial council pays that cost, plus investigative and expert services, from the indigent defense appropriation under RSA 604-A.
4. Orders of notice. They go out in language the proposed ward can understand, served in hand at least 14 days before the hearing with a copy of the petition and the statement, and carry a bordered bold-face notice telling the person they may contest the petition and naming their lawyer (RSA 464-A:5, I and II). Relatives listed on the petition, the proposed guardian, the petitioner, and the medical director of a state or private institution where the proposed ward is a patient or from which the ward is on leave, all get first class mail at least 14 days out.
5. Expedited hearing, if it cannot wait. RSA 464-A:5, IV-a lets the petitioner ask, supported by an affidavit or, in a medical emergency, one from the proposed ward's physician. RSA 464-A:2, VI-a defines an expedited hearing as one held within 15 days of filing or in such other time as justice requires.
6. Hearing. The hearing is closed unless the proposed ward or their counsel asks otherwise, the rules of evidence apply, hearsay stays out, and the person attends unless the court waives attendance on a written statement and physician's affidavit (RSA 464-A:8).
7. Findings and letters. The court either dismisses or makes the four findings, confers only the powers it names, and issues letters of guardianship stating the scope and the specific limits (RSA 464-A:9 and RSA 464-A:11).
8. Inventory and annual filings. A guardian of the estate files an inventory the way a decedent's estate inventory is filed under RSA 554 (RSA 464-A:22), then an annual account under oath within 90 days of each anniversary (RSA 464-A:36). A guardian of the person files an annual report on the same 90-day clock and mails the ward a copy; the ward may request a hearing within 15 days of receiving it (RSA 464-A:35).

An uncontested adult case commonly runs about 2 to 4 months from filing to letters, and a contested one runs longer. Those durations are practice ranges rather than New Hampshire published figures; the statutory clocks above are the ones you can hold the court to.

The Emergency Route Is a Temporary Guardian, Capped at 60 Days

RSA 464-A:12 is New Hampshire's emergency mechanism, and it is narrower than the name suggests. The verified petition carries everything RSA 464-A:4 requires plus the reasons the person needs a temporary guardian now and the reasons the ordinary route is not appropriate. RSA 464-A:2, VI defines the emergency as a substantial risk of death or immediate serious physical or mental harm to the person, immediate serious physical harm to others, or a substantial risk that irreparable harm will occur to valuable property the person owns or controls. RSA 464-A:2, X defines immediate as a strong likelihood that the event happens within 72 hours.

What the appointment can do is limited to duties over specific property or to the particular acts needed to prevent that harm. No term may exceed 60 days unless the court finds good cause, and RSA 464-A:12, III bars a temporary guardian from seeking an extension without formally petitioning for a full guardianship inside the 60 days. If the proposed ward or their counsel opposes it, RSA 464-A:12, IV blocks the appointment without a full RSA 464-A:8 hearing and RSA 464-A:9 findings.

One protection is worth knowing before you agree to a temporary order. RSA 464-A:12, V says the appointment is not an adjudication of incapacity, limits no legal right beyond those the order names, and is not evidence of incapacity at the later hearing on full guardianship.

Alternatives the Statute Itself Counts

Because finding (c) is mandatory, every document below does double duty: it helps in daily life, and it is evidence at any future hearing.

Supported decision-making agreement (RSA 464-D). New Hampshire enacted this on October 9, 2021 as an express less restrictive alternative. The adult keeps every legal right and names supporters who help gather information, weigh options and communicate decisions. RSA 464-D:3, III says signing one may not be used as evidence of incapacity in any proceeding, and RSA 464-D:3, IV says the adult may still act independently of the agreement. RSA 464-D:7 sets the form: name at least one supporter, describe the decisions the supporter may and may not help with, follow the statutory form at RSA 464-D:16, date it, and sign before two adult witnesses or a notary, justice of the peace or commissioner of deeds.

Durable power of attorney (RSA 564-E). A New Hampshire financial power of attorney is durable by default. RSA 564-E:104 keeps it alive through the principal's incapacity unless the document says otherwise, so no court case is needed to pay bills or manage accounts, and the same document can nominate your guardian.

Advance directive (RSA 137-J). New Hampshire packages the durable power of attorney for health care and the living will into one instrument. The agent's authority starts only when the attending practitioner certifies that the person cannot make health care decisions, and it ends when capacity returns. RSA 137-J:21 governs what happens if a guardian is later appointed, which is the sharp edge readers ask about most.

Revocable living trust (RSA 564-B). A successor trustee steps in and manages whatever is titled in the trust if the settlor becomes incapacitated, with no appointment and no public case.

Limited guardianship. Where some court authority is unavoidable, RSA 464-A:9, IV keeps it as small as the findings allow.

Start with the New Hampshire document set if none of these are signed yet, and keep copies where the people who would file a petition can find them.

Guardianship of a Minor Runs Under RSA 463

A case about a child is a different chapter with different burdens. RSA 463:3 makes both parents the joint guardians of their child's person, with equal powers, and makes the survivor the sole guardian on the other's death. That is the baseline a petition asks the court to displace.

RSA 463:8, III sets three burdens, and which one applies depends on who objects:

• Preponderance of the evidence that guardianship of the person is in the child's best interest, as the default.
• Clear and convincing evidence that the child's best interests require substituting or supplementing parental care to provide for physical and safety needs or to prevent specific, significant psychological harm, when a parent objects to a non-parent's petition.
• Preponderance again, even over a parent's objection, when a grandparent seeks guardianship because of a parent's substance abuse or dependence. That carve-out took effect January 1, 2018, and RSA 463:10, V pairs it with a preference for the grandparent.

Guardianship of a minor's estate is always a preponderance. Other rules parents ask about: orders of notice go by certified mail, return receipt requested, to both parents and to anyone alleged to have had principal care and custody in the 60 days before filing, and the petitioner pays that certified mail cost (RSA 463:6). A parent's consent has to be signed before the court or its designee, which questions the parent to confirm the consent is voluntary and knowing (RSA 463:8, IX). A child 14 or older may file the petition, gets notice, and attends the hearing unless excused, and for a child of any age the court has to ascertain the minor's preference and weigh it. An ex parte order under RSA 463:7 expires 30 days after its date.

New Hampshire then keeps watching. RSA 463:17 sets automatic court review at 6, 12 and 24 months and annually after that, with a waiver route where a parent is a co-guardian. The guardianship ends on court order, the child's death, the eighteenth birthday, emancipation or a final adoption decree, and the guardian must tell the court within 30 days when the child turns 18 or dies (RSA 463:15).

Parents can plan here too. RSA 463:5 lets a parent nominate a guardian of their child's person or estate in a will, by petition, or by written consent to someone else's petition, and the judge may refuse the nominee only for cause. A service member with sole primary physical custody who is ordered to active duty out of state can sign a nomination under RSA 463:18-a that works like an ex parte temporary order, expires 7 days after activation, and carries a waived filing fee.

Where You File and What It Costs

New Hampshire folded its county probate courts into one statewide Circuit Court in 2011 (RSA 490-F:3), so you file in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court. Venue still follows the county. RSA 464-A:3, II puts an adult case in the county where the proposed ward resides or is physically present when the proceedings start. It adds the county of an institution the person entered under a court order or has lived in for at least a year, and, in a guardianship of an estate holding real property, a county where that property sits. RSA 463:4, I gives the probate court exclusive jurisdiction over a minor guardianship, with venue by the child's county.

One routing detail sends people to the wrong counter. The Judicial Branch fee schedule lists a petition for guardianship of a minor's person under the Family Division, while guardianship of a minor's estate, and every adult case, sits under Probate. That is an internal routing choice rather than a jurisdictional split, because both are divisions of the same Circuit Court sitting in the same county. Ask the clerk which counter takes the filing, and use the New Hampshire court directory for the address in your county. Once a petition is actually on file, the hearing steps, the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden and the reporting duties that follow appointment are on the New Hampshire guardianship page; this guide covers what you can sign before anyone needs a judge.

Fees are statewide, set by Circuit Court Probate Division Rule 169, so they are identical in all 10 counties:

A $30.00 electronic case filing surcharge sits inside those RSA 464-A and RSA 463 petition fees rather than on top of them (Rule 169(VII)), and both minor routes add the certified mail cost required by RSA 463:6, V. The Judicial Branch publishes a fee waiver route for filers who cannot pay. Attorney fees, surety bond premiums and any capacity evaluation are separate and are not published rates.

Bond is its own line. RSA 464-A:21 requires a guardian to give bond with sufficient sureties in the sum the judge approves, normally the capital value of the property in the guardian's control plus one year's estimated income, less assets locked behind a court order and land the guardian cannot sell without authorization. The judge may allow a bond without sureties where the gross value of the ward's estate is $10,000 or less, or where the guardianship is only of the person.

Who pays the case itself is set by RSA 464-A:43. Court costs and the fees of the proposed ward's counsel and any resource person come out of the proposed ward's own pocket unless the petition was filed in bad faith, in which case the petitioner bears all of them. The state pays if the proposed ward is indigent. A petitioner's own legal costs may come from the ward's assets only if the court granted the petition, the payment causes no undue financial hardship, and the fees were reasonable and necessary to protect the ward.

When Nobody Else Can Serve

RSA 464-A:10, I lets the court appoint a family guardian or volunteer guardian, a professional guardian, or the public guardianship and protection program described in RSA 547-B. That program exists "to provide guardianship and protection services where such services are required by law and are otherwise unavailable" (RSA 547-B:1). RSA 547-B:3 lets the probate court appoint it when there is no relative, friend or other interested person available, willing and able to serve, and RSA 547-B:5 allows it to serve as co-guardian at a relative's request. Its powers match those of a private guardian under RSA 464-A, and it files annual reports the court reviews (RSA 547-B:4).

A note for anyone citing the older chapter: RSA 547-A, "Public Guardian Offices," was repealed in its entirety by 1983, 409:9, effective September 1, 1983. RSA 547-B replaced it. The repealed chapter name still appears in the RSA table of contents, which is how stale citations survive.

RSA 464-A:10, III also bars an agency providing the person's care and custody from serving as guardian unless nobody else can be found, and then only an employee who gives no direct care to the proposed ward, and only where the court makes a specific finding that the appointment presents no substantial risk of a conflict of interest.

Reporting, Accounts, and Ending a Guardianship

A guardian who stops filing gets pulled back. RSA 464-A:37 lets the court order the guardian to show cause, then issue a capias directing the sheriff to bring the guardian in. On a finding that the failure was willful or negligent the court may fine the guardian up to $5 a day, jail the guardian for up to 10 days, or both, and may terminate the guardian's powers. That is contempt of court, not a crime; neither RSA 464-A nor RSA 463 creates a criminal offense.

Ending an adult guardianship is deliberately easy to start. RSA 464-A:40, I ends it on court order, the ward's death, or a finding that the ward is no longer incapacitated or that available alternative resources now meet the ward's needs. The ward or anyone interested in the ward's welfare may move to terminate at any time, subject only to a minimum period of up to one year the original order may set. RSA 464-A:40, II(b) lets a ward ask in an informal letter to the court, allows the people caring for the ward to help write it, and makes knowing interference with that letter contempt of court. At the hearing the guardian has to prove the grounds still exist.

When a ward dies, RSA 464-A:40, V adds a New Hampshire closeout most guides miss. If no probate petition is filed within 30 days of death and the personal property the guardian still holds is worth no more than $10,000, the guardian may file an affidavit in the probate court that had the guardianship and ask to dispose of those accounts. That is a guardian's tool for winding down, not a shortcut for heirs; New Hampshire has no small estate affidavit.

Related Guides

• New Hampshire Power of Attorney
• New Hampshire Advance Directive
• New Hampshire Estate Planning Basics
• New Hampshire Will Requirements
• New Hampshire Probate Court Directory

Sources:

• Title: RSA 464-A:2 Definitions. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-2.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:3 Jurisdiction and Venue. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-3.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:4 Procedure for Court Appointment of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-4.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:5 Notice; Notice in Case of Expedited Hearing. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-5.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:6 Right to Counsel. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-6.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:8 Conduct of Hearing. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-8.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:9 Findings. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-9.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:10 Who May be Guardian. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-10.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:11 Letters of Guardianship. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-11.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:12 Temporary Guardian. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-12.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:13 Appointment of Conservators for Persons Incapable of Managing Own Affairs. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-13.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:21 Bond. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-21.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:25 General Powers and Duties of Guardian of the Person. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-25.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:26 General Powers and Duties of Guardian of the Estate. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-26.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:35 Annual Report of the Guardian of the Person. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-35.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:36 Accounts; Notice. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-36.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:37 Reports and Accounts; Failure of Guardian to File. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-37.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:40 Termination of Guardianship. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-40.htm
• Title: RSA 464-A:43 Costs. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-A/464-A-43.htm
• Title: RSA 464-D Supported Decision-Making. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/464-D/464-D-mrg.htm
• Title: RSA 463 Guardianship of Minors and Estates of Minors. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/463/463-mrg.htm
• Title: RSA 463:6 Notice. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/463/463-6.htm
• Title: RSA 463:8 Conduct of Hearing. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/463/463-8.htm
• Title: RSA 463:15 Termination of Guardianship. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/463/463-15.htm
• Title: RSA 463:17 Periodic Court Review. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLIV/463/463-17.htm
• Title: RSA 547-B Public Guardianship and Protection Program. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/547-B/547-B-mrg.htm
• Title: RSA 547-A Public Guardian Offices (repealed 1983, 409:9). Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/547-A/547-A-mrg.htm
• Title: RSA 564-E:108 Nomination of Guardian; Relation of Agent to Court-Appointed Fiduciary. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/564-E/564-E-108.htm
• Title: RSA 477:9 Power of Attorney. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XLVIII/477/477-9.htm
• Title: RSA 490-F:3 Circuit Court Divisions. Publisher: New Hampshire General Court. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LI/490-F/490-F-3.htm
• Title: Rule 169. FEES. Publisher: New Hampshire Judicial Branch. Publication Date: Not listed. URL: https://www.courts.nh.gov/rules-circuit-court-state-new-hampshire-probate-division/rule-169-fees
• Title: Circuit Court Filing Fees. Publisher: New Hampshire Judicial Branch. Publication Date: 07/01/2025. URL: https://www.courts.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt471/files/documents/2021-06/filing_fees.pdf

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