RSA 562-A:5 Murder; How Determined.
Title: LVI - PROBATE COURTS AND DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter: 562-A - EFFECT OF MURDER ON INTESTATE SUCCESSION, WILLS, JOINT ASSETS, LIFE INSURANCE, AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS
I. After all right to appeal has been exhausted, a judgment of conviction establishing criminal responsibility for commission of the murder of the decedent conclusively establishes the convicted individual as the decedent's killer for purposes of this chapter.
II. In the absence of a criminal conviction, an individual's status as the person responsible for commission of the murder of the decedent as defined in this chapter is conclusively established by a final civil judgment to that effect entered against the individual by a court of competent jurisdiction.
III. If an individual's status as the killer of the decedent has not been established pursuant to paragraphs I or II, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, or any person who would have received anyt