RSA 562-A:6 Protection of Payors and Other Third Parties

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. A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument affected by a murder or for having taken any other action if that payment, transfer, or other action is made in good faith reliance on the validity of the governing instrument, upon request and satisfactory proof of the decedent's death, before the payor or other third party received written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this chapter. A payor or other third party is liable for a payment or transfer made or other action taken after the payor or other third party received written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this chapter.
II. Written notice of a claimed forf

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